Abstract Objective This paper examined how mental health practitioners adjusted their practices during COVID-19. The authors hypothesized that practitioners would transition services to telehealth but that this would differ by provider type. Method English-speaking adult mental health practitioners (N = 910) were recruited via professional listservs, personal emails, and social media. Data were collected 03/30/2020–04/10/2020 via an online Qualtrics survey asking about demographics and practice adjustments in response to COVID-19. Most practitioners were psychologists/doctoral-level therapists (41%), social workers/masters-level therapists (17%), and neuropsychologists (16%). The majority was employed in an academic medical center (19%) or private practice (22%). Differences among provider types were examined using chi-square tests with Bonferroni corrections and one-way ANOVAs with post-hoc Tukey tests. Preliminary Results (see Table 1): Most mental health practitioners adjusted their practices, primarily by transitioning to telehealth. The majority reported having easy access to information technology (IT) services. Although telehealth implementation was neutral to somewhat difficult, participants were neutral to somewhat likely to provide telehealth in the future. Compared to other practitioners, neuropsychologists saw fewer patients; were more likely to cancel, reschedule, or restrict appointments; were less likely to implement telehealth; and reported greater difficulty doing so. Findings related to other group differences (e.g., between settings) will also be presented. Conclusions During the COVID-19 outbreak, mental health practitioners rapidly shifted to telehealth, but neuropsychologists were less likely to do so and reported greater difficulty doing so. This may be related to the difficulty of administering neuropsychological tests remotely and has implications for neuropsychologists’ ability to meet patients’ needs during COVID-19.

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A-15 心理健康从业者对 COVID-19 大流行的即时实际反应

摘要 目的本文研究了心理健康从业者如何在 COVID-19 期间调整他们的做法。作者假设从业者会将服务过渡到远程医疗，但这会因提供者类型而异。方法 通过专业列表服务、个人电子邮件和社交媒体招募讲英语的成人心理健康从业者（N = 910）。数据是在 2020 年 3 月 30 日至 2020 年 4 月 10 日通过在线 Qualtrics 调查收集的，该调查询问人口统计数据和针对 COVID-19 的实践调整。大多数从业者是心理学家/博士级治疗师 (41%)、社会工作者/硕士级治疗师 (17%) 和神经心理学家 (16%)。大多数受雇于学术医疗中心 (19%) 或私人诊所 (22%)。使用带有 Bonferroni 校正的卡方检验和带有事后 Tukey 检验的单向方差分析来检查提供者类型之间的差异。初步结果（见表 1）：大多数心理健康从业者调整了他们的做法，主要是通过向远程医疗过渡。大多数人报告说可以轻松获得信息技术 (IT) 服务。尽管远程医疗的实施是中性到有些困难，但参与者对未来有可能提供远程医疗持中立态度。与其他从业者相比，神经心理学家看到的患者较少；更有可能取消、重新安排或限制约会；不太可能实施远程医疗；并报告这样做有更大的困难。还将介绍与其他组差异（例如，设置之间）相关的发现。结论 在 COVID-19 爆发期间，心理健康从业者迅速转向远程医疗，但神经心理学家不太可能这样做，并且报告说这样做的难度更大。这可能与远程进行神经心理学测试的难度有关，并且对神经心理学家在 COVID-19 期间满足患者需求的能力有影响。