Digital health has emerged in recent years as a tool to optimize care delivery and promote treatment adherence among individuals with first‐episode psychosis (FEP). Recent mandates for social distancing and sheltering in place due to the COVID‐19 pandemic have catapulted efforts to provide ongoing coordinated specialty care (CSC) on virtual platforms. While prior evidence provides support for the general implementation of virtual individual therapy, there is limited guidance and evidence for the adoption of group teletherapy. Here we describe our efforts to implement group teletherapy for two small cohorts of individuals with FEP receiving care in a coordinated specialty care clinic using methods adopted from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. We observed high adherence with group visits as well as client satisfaction across groups. Based on our results, we have taken efforts to implement virtual group therapy more permanently in our clinic. Our experience provides guidance and a model for integration of virtual group therapy within CSC.

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集体远程疗法治疗首发性精神病：在COVID-19大流行期间尝试将其与协调的专科护理相结合

近年来，数字健康已成为一种工具，可优化初次精神病患者（FEP）的医疗服务并促进其依从性。由于COVID-19大流行，最近有关社会疏散和庇护的要求已经迅速推动了在虚拟平台上提供持续协调的专科护理（CSC）的努力。尽管先前的证据为虚拟个体疗法的总体实施提供了支持，但采用团体远程疗法的指导和证据有限。在这里，我们描述了我们在接受协调和承诺治疗的方法下，在一个协调的专业护理诊所中为两个小群FEP接受个人护理的人群实施团体远程治疗的努力。我们观察到对团队访问的高度遵守以及各个团队之间的客户满意度。根据我们的结果，我们已努力在我们的诊所中更永久地实施虚拟小组疗法。我们的经验为CSC内虚拟团体疗法的整合提供了指导和模型。