Virtual Care for Behavioral Health Conditions

Christina S Palmer; Shandra M Brown Levey; Marisa Kostiuk; Aimee R Zisner; Lauren Woodward Tolle; Rebecca M Richey; Stephanie Callan

doi:10.1016/j.pop.2022.04.008

Virtual Care for Behavioral Health Conditions

Prim Care. 2022 Dec;49(4):641-657. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2022.04.008. Epub 2022 Oct 20.

Authors

Christina S Palmer¹, Shandra M Brown Levey², Marisa Kostiuk³, Aimee R Zisner², Lauren Woodward Tolle², Rebecca M Richey³, Stephanie Callan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Electronic address: Christina.Palmer@cuanschutz.edu.
² Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
³ University of Colorado.
⁴ University of Colorado Denver.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for behavioral health care services. A substantial portion of mental health care transitioned to virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic, remains virtual today, and will continue that way in the future. Mental health needs continue to grow, and there has been growing evidence showing the efficacy of virtual health for behavioral health conditions at the system, provider, and patient level. There is also a growing understanding of the barriers and challenges to virtual behavioral health care.

Keywords: Behavioral health; COVID-19; Telehealth.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / therapy
Humans
Mental Health
Pandemics
Psychiatry*
Telemedicine*