Using telehealth to assess depression and suicide ideation and provide mental health interventions to groups of chronically ill adolescents and young adults
Autor: | Ryan Spaulding, Amanda S. Bruce, Noreen Thompson, Jaime Rachelle M. Bonar, Carol E. Smith, Shawna Wright, Donna Macan Yadrich |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent education Psychological intervention Telehealth Article Suicidal Ideation Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Psychiatry mHealth General Nursing Depression (differential diagnoses) Chronic care 030504 nursing Depression business.industry Mental health Telemedicine Adolescent Behavior Chronic Disease Female 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | Res Nurs Health |
ISSN: | 1098-240X 0160-6891 |
Popis: | Telehealth distance health care is a significant resource for young, chronically ill patient populations given their numerous medical complexities and their concomitant depression and/or suicide ideation experiences. This manuscript shares the telehealth methods used to prepare for a larger study of interventions for increasing adolescents’ and young adults’ chronic care resiliency and skills for preventing depression. The young patients in this study were prescribed lifelong home parenteral nutrition infusions, treatment for those with short gut bowel diseases. The training methods for our mental health nurse and psychologist to conduct depression and suicide ideation assessments from a distance are presented. The study implementation methods of group facilitated interventions and discussion are reviewed. The group discussions were conducted via audiovisual telehealth devices over encrypted firewall-protected connections with patients in their own homes and professionals in an office. The results of assessments of the 40 participants, 25% (n = 10) with depressive symptoms or suicide ideation, are described. Following participants’ assessments, their subsequent depression measures were all in the normal range, without any suicide ideation, across the year of the study. Patient evaluation ratings were high in the areas of being able to connect with other young patients in similar situations, using the audiovisual equipment, and learning new useful information from the interventions. The methods developed for the study ensured that the safety and well-being of participants were supported through telehealth. |
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