[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":452},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-generation-q-children-and-the-pandemic":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":211,"relatedBooks":336},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":36,"project_category":56,"contact_email_category":62,"yst_prominent_words":63,"class_list":78,"better_featured_image":114,"acf":146,"yoast_meta":155,"_links":158},32801,"2021-02-18T10:00:00","2021-02-18T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=32801&_wpnonce=a53adb78d1&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-02-18T22:57:45","2021-02-18T21:57:45","generation-q-children-and-the-pandemic","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgeneration-q-children-and-the-pandemic",{"rendered":17},"Generation Q(uarantine): Children Of The Pandemic",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A child, who is now 10 years old has spent one-tenth of his\u002Fher life in quarantine\u003C\u002Fstrong>, away from grandparents, friends, school, sports and other activities. This has a devastating effect on their social, physical and mental development. More than a\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thelancet.com\u002Fjournals\u002Flanpsy\u002Farticle\u002FPIIS2215-0366(20)30570-8\u002Ffulltext\" target=\"_blank\"> quarter of children\u003C\u002Fa> (aged 5–16 years) reported disrupted sleep. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thelancet.com\u002Fjournals\u002Flanpsy\u002Farticle\u002FPIIS2215-0366(20)30570-8\u002Ffulltext\" target=\"_blank\">18% of kids in the UK\u003C\u002Fa> with probable mental health problems felt fearful of leaving the house because of COVID-19. COVID-19 became the monster under the bed – and it’s likely to stay. No wonder these kids are already being dubbed as \u003Cstrong>Generation Q – as in quarantine\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>COVID-19 has put a spotlight on existing problems that some call \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F04\u002Fhealth\u002Fmental-health-during-covid-19-2021-stress-wellness\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">the biggest pandemic issue\u003C\u002Fa> we face today: mental health. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The fears implanted by the virus are going to be embedded into this young generation. We can’t even begin to think about how it will turn out when they grow up. Will they be more fearful? Less independent, less brave, or right the opposite, will they become more resilient? \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fpii\u002FS0278584620304875\" target=\"_blank\">Studies are in the making\u003C\u002Fa>, but what is certain is that this generation has way too much on their shoulder. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.washingtonpost.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fcoronavirus-is-harming-the-mental-health-of-tens-of-millions-of-people-in-us-new-poll-finds\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F02\u002F565e6744-74ee-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">worldwide scale\u003C\u002Fa> of anxiety, loneliness and fear that had been there before added up, and investigation found rise in school safeguarding reports, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fuk\u002Fhome-news\u002Feating-disorder-rise-pandemic-lockdown-b1798387.html\" target=\"_blank\">eating disorders\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fsociety\u002F2020\u002Foct\u002F21\u002Ffigures-lay-bare-toll-of-pandemic-on-uk-childrens-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">sleeping pill prescriptions\u003C\u002Fa>. Parents struggle to get help, and, as a social worker in the UK \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Flife-and-style\u002Fhealth-family\u002Fparenting\u002Flocked-down-and-vulnerable-it-s-the-kids-we-don-t-know-about-that-is-the-worry-1.4468231\" target=\"_blank\">put it\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>everybody feels anxious at the moment. You don’t want that to develop into anything more sinister for a young person\u003C\u002Fem>.” And without help, these kids have the chance to deteriorate. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Help is hard to come by\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite the fact that governments know of the impending issue of children being unable to cope with the aftermaths of the pandemic, with vaccinations and economic struggles on their minds, these issues are most likely not on the top of their agenda. Small-scale solutions are, however, popping up. Even though they don’t reach too many children (\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbest-states\u002Flouisiana\u002Farticles\u002F2021-02-13\u002Flouisiana-teacher-writes-childrens-book-about-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">like this teacher\u003C\u002Fa> who wrote a children’s book about COVID-19 while in quarantine), they are steps into the right direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>By April last year, the pandemic had disrupted education for around 90 per cent of the world’s school-age children. An unprecedented 1.4 billion students were shut out of schools in 192 countries\u003C\u002Fem>” – wrote advocacy NGO Human Rights Watch \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hrw.org\u002Fnews\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F25\u002Fcovid-19-school-closures-inaction-fuel-childrens-loss-education\" target=\"_blank\">in a report\u003C\u002Fa>. And those who had access to technology were considered lucky, as, according to the same report, “\u003Cem>more than a third have no access to remote education because they have not been provided with the tools or support to continue learning from home\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F198_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29677\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F198_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F198_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F198_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F198_tmf-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F198_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The ups and downs of technology\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Technology was at hand to help kids participate in online classes, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FQgo6cIM1QmM\" target=\"_blank\">do exercise\u003C\u002Fa> and stay social. But that didn’t always turn out right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As UNICEF pointed out, “\u003Cem>while technology and digital solutions provide significant opportunities to keep children learning, entertained and connected, these same tools may also increase their exposure to a myriad of risks. Even before the pandemic, online sexual exploitation, harmful content, misinformation and cyberbullying all threatened children’s rights, safety and mental wellbeing.”\u003C\u002Fem> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fcch12822-fig-0001-m-1-768x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32815\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fcch12822-fig-0001-m-1-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fcch12822-fig-0001-m-1-1536x904.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fcch12822-fig-0001-m-1-2048x1205.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Key \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com\u002Fdoi\u002Ffull\u002F10.1111\u002Fcch.12822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommendations\u003C\u002Fa> to mitigate the effects of COVID‐19 on children and their families\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UNICEF recommendations\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unicef.org\u002Fpress-releases\u002Fgrowing-concern-well-being-children-and-young-people-amid-soaring-screen-time\" target=\"_blank\">February 2021 statement\u003C\u002Fa>, the agency put forward several milestones on how various stakeholders can step forward and protect children. Some of the key suggestions were\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>1)\u003Cstrong> For Governments: \u003C\u002Fstrong>train health, education and social service workers about the impact of COVID-19 on child well-being, including increased online risks;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>2) \u003Cstrong>For The Tech Industry:\u003C\u002Fstrong> guarantee that online platforms have enhanced safety and safeguarding measures for children as well as to increase investments in safe technologies and content that promote quality learning and skills building;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>3) \u003Cstrong>For Parents:\u003C\u002Fstrong> help the children understand the risks presented by the Internet and digital technologies as well as be alert to signs of distress that may arise with online activity;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>4) \u003Cstrong>For Schools:\u003C\u002Fstrong> grant children access to school-based counselling services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you want to know more about how children are exposed to these sometimes problematic technological developments, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgchumanrights.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Campus of Human Rights\u003C\u002Fa> created an online course, where experts (from Edward Snowden to Dr Bertalan Meskó) are promoting a more ethical, human-centric, and accessible tech-infused future for our kids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MOOC Children’s Rights and Technology in the Digital Age\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fnn76prWjgFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Child rights in healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Children’s rights were also compromised in healthcare systems. That is why a new organisation called the European Children’s Hospitals Organisation (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.echohospitals.org\u002F\">ECHO\u003C\u002Fa>), representing leading paediatric hospitals across Europe, calls on children’s hospitals and public health systems to ensure that the rights of children are central in the new normal of COVID-19. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As they mentioned in their study in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thelancet.com\u002Fjournals\u002Flanchi\u002Farticle\u002FPIIS2352-4642(20)30300-X\u002Ffulltext\">The Lancet\u003C\u002Fa>, “\u003Cem>as anchors of paediatric care in our communities, children’s hospitals have a moral responsibility to ensure that the rights of children are protected and promoted in pandemic response planning. This applies not only to the COVID-19 response but also to planning for future pandemics.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Netherlands-based international children’s aid and advocacy organisation KidsRights created their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fkidsrights.org\u002Fresearch\u002Fkidsrights-index\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">KidsRights Index 2020\u003C\u002Fa>, and began with the statement “\u003Cem>around the globe, children’s rights are seriously affected by the coronavirus outbreak.\u003C\u002Fem>” The organisation also pointed out how under-funded child’s issues are globally: “\u003Cem>The index shows that countries worldwide allocate insufficient budget for children’s rights, specifically on domains such as protection, health and education.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F116043070_2719351555019882_4424453590013940915_o-768x384.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32805\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F116043070_2719351555019882_4424453590013940915_o-768x384.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F116043070_2719351555019882_4424453590013940915_o.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Swiss-based Terre Des Hommes created a worldwide survey to measure children’s wellbeing during COVID. Their project, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tdh.ch\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fcovidunder19_thematic_summaries_english_20201209.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#CovidUnder19: Life Under Coronavirus\u003C\u002Fa> is an initiative to meaningfully involve children in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. 26,258 children from 137 countries responded to the survey – and the results are not surprising. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“I’m waiting when school will reopen so that I don’t need to work,”\u003C\u002Fem> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ccite>said a 13-year-old girl from India.\u003C\u002Fcite>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The pandemic had a major impact on children’s experiences and rights. Beside feeling pressured from school tasks, respondents also spoke about missing physical closeness and hugging their family and friends, missing out on key milestones such as birthdays and graduation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the survey also \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newswise.com\u002Fcoronavirus\u002Fsurvey-finds-pandemic-had-a-major-impact-on-children-s-experiences-and-rights\u002F?article_id=743054\" target=\"_blank\">served as a channel\u003C\u002Fa> for children around the world to portray their thoughts and feelings about the pandemic to the world, they took the chance and put forward a couple of suggestions to governments. For example to provide reliable & accessible information and prioritise & invest in health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Maybe it’s time for us adults to start listening to them. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD, the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, launched The Medical Futurist to help individuals, companies, and governments understand how digital health technologies bring healthcare into the 21st century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cem>“Digital health technologies empower patients to become proactive in their life; empower medical professionals to do their job being supported by advanced technologies, and companies and policymakers to make better decisions about their future.” – Dr. Bertalan Meskó\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support this transformation, Dr. Meskó and The Medical Futurist team is working relentlessly analyzing the latest trends in digital health and bringing insights to the 800,000+ readers and followers of our publications, along these principles:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #e71d3299;\">\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist is a place to learn, not a place for advertising\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>. 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With no shareholders or billionaire owners, we set our own agenda and provide unbiased insights that are free from commercial and political influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>A child, who is now 10 years old has spent one-tenth of his\u002Fher life in quarantine, away from grandparents, friends, school, sports and other activities. 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And children are particularly affected.",{"self":159,"collection":165,"about":168,"author":171,"replies":174,"version-history":177,"predecessor-version":181,"wp:featuredmedia":185,"wp:attachment":188,"wp:term":191,"curies":207},[160],{"href":161,"targetHints":162},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F32801",{"allow":163},[164],"GET",[166],{"href":167},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[169],{"href":170},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[172],{"embeddable":26,"href":173},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[175],{"embeddable":26,"href":176},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=32801",[178],{"count":179,"href":180},13,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F32801\u002Frevisions",[182],{"id":183,"href":184},32935,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F32801\u002Frevisions\u002F32935",[186],{"embeddable":26,"href":187},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F32873",[189],{"href":190},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=32801",[192,195,198,201,204],{"taxonomy":193,"embeddable":26,"href":194},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=32801",{"taxonomy":196,"embeddable":26,"href":197},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=32801",{"taxonomy":199,"embeddable":26,"href":200},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=32801",{"taxonomy":202,"embeddable":26,"href":203},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=32801",{"taxonomy":205,"embeddable":26,"href":206},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=32801",[208],{"name":209,"href":210,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[212],{"id":151,"date":213,"date_gmt":214,"guid":215,"modified":217,"modified_gmt":218,"slug":219,"status":13,"type":14,"link":220,"title":221,"content":223,"excerpt":225,"author":23,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":228,"categories":229,"tags":233,"project_category":239,"contact_email_category":240,"yst_prominent_words":241,"class_list":251,"better_featured_image":261,"acf":283,"yoast_meta":291,"_links":294},"2020-10-27T09:55:00","2020-10-27T08:55:00",{"rendered":216},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=30847&_wpnonce=fa206afd47&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-01-21T09:52:36","2021-01-21T08:52:36","a-deeper-look-into-telepsychology-during-covid-19-it-all-depends-how-you-look-at-it","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-deeper-look-into-telepsychology-during-covid-19-it-all-depends-how-you-look-at-it",{"rendered":222},"Telepsychology During COVID-19: It All Depends On How You Look At It",{"rendered":224,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>The global lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic has opened the door to the deepest fears of humanity in this interconnected world: isolation. A worldwide scale of anxiety, loneliness and fear, associated with worrying about the virus, unemployment, social isolation and uncertainty added up to a mental state we may even start to call as “\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>depidemic\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>.” Research \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.washingtonpost.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fcoronavirus-is-harming-the-mental-health-of-tens-of-millions-of-people-in-us-new-poll-finds\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F02\u002F565e6744-74ee-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">shows\u003C\u002Fa> that about of half the population has been or is facing mental health issues since the outbreak. Preserving mental health thus has been an increasing topic over the past months. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We know for a fact that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fbenjaminlaker\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F21\u002Fhow-remote-working-affects-your-mental-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">working from home\u003C\u002Fa> is linked with increased stress levels and that a growing number of healthcare workers and frontliners \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">experience PTSD\u003C\u002Fa>. We also know that the lockdown itself had a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fhealth-54616688\" target=\"_blank\">major impact\u003C\u002Fa> on emotional well-being on a global scale; that children are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fsociety\u002F2020\u002Foct\u002F21\u002Ffigures-lay-bare-toll-of-pandemic-on-uk-childrens-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">particularly affected,\u003C\u002Fa> resulting in a growing number of child \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Flife-style\u002Fchildren-parenting-agoraphobia-coronavirus-lockdown-b1154053.html\" target=\"_blank\">agoraphobes\u003C\u002Fa>; and that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fuk-england-essex-53684700\" target=\"_blank\">alcohol abuse\u003C\u002Fa> has also increased worldwide. It is thus not an overstatement to say that the world is heading towards a mental health apocalypse. And the two are interconnected: “good mental health is absolutely fundamental to overall health and well-being,” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews\u002Fitem\u002F05-10-2020-covid-19-disrupting-mental-health-services-in-most-countries-who-survey\" target=\"_blank\">said\u003C\u002Fa> Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002FEZlU9iNXkAMXch1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Depidemic \" class=\"wp-image-30849\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002FEZlU9iNXkAMXch1-1.jpg 680w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002FEZlU9iNXkAMXch1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the same time, conventional treatment methods, particularly in-person consultations were out of the question for evident reasons. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>So there we were: an immensely growing number of people willing to start or continue therapy on one side, and psychologists and coaches, unable to provide service due to lockdown measures on the other one. The next step was obvious: remote counselling.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A quick look in the rearview mirror\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The first \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fbooks\u002FNBK207141\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">mention\u003C\u002Fa> of telephone-based remote care consultation was in the Lancet journal in 1897, but telepsychology did not catch up until the late \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psychiatry.org\u002Fpsychiatrists\u002Fpractice\u002Ftelepsychiatry\u002Ftoolkit\u002Fhistory-of-telepsychiatry\" target=\"_blank\">1950s\u003C\u002Fa> when group therapy, consultation-liaison psychiatry and even medical student training were offered in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The service was primarily for people living in remote areas. In the 1970s-80s remote psychological care became more common, but only a handful of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tandfonline.com\u002Fdoi\u002Ffull\u002F10.1080\u002F09515070.2020.1782842\" target=\"_blank\">institutions\u003C\u002Fa> offered training opportunities in telepsychology for students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Remote care can offer better access to quality care for many people in need. It is convenient for people in remote areas, or in places where patients must take long commutes to get to the psychologist as they are likely to quit their therapy henceforth. But telepsychology even widens the possibilities towards people who previously weren’t able to take part in counselling: like people with disabilities or those with agoraphobia or PTSD, who have difficulty attending sessions in person. It also helps overcome language barriers as foreign speakers can turn to a professional fluent in their language even if they don’t live in the same area. Research also \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3662387\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed\u003C\u002Fa> its effectiveness in therapy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The method doesn’t come without shortcomings. It assumes that people actually do have a private place to talk or have access to devices like a computer and a camera, while that is often not the case. Some psychologists \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psychologytoday.com\u002Fintl\u002Fblog\u002Fadventures-in-cyberspace\u002F201908\u002Fshould-you-try-telepsychology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found\u003C\u002Fa> that due to the limitations remote care poses, it is not appropriate for every concern: like if the client is seriously mentally ill, or for people with eating disorders. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30821\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Care from afar\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If there is one thing that’s good in 2020 is how the pandemic pushed \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00326-y\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare to go digital\u003C\u002Fa>. In the case of mental health care, doctors and counsellors moved over to online sessions with a previously unimaginable speed, taking courses and experimenting platforms in a matter of days. In a study recently \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.apa.org\u002Ffulltext\u002F2020-61592-001.html\" target=\"_blank\">published\u003C\u002Fa> in American Psychology, researcher Brad Pierce from Virginia Commonwealth University investigated the magnitude of the changes in mental health due to COVID-19. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Telepsychology is different from in-person therapy. Each method has advantages and disadvantages over the other” – Pierce noted. “For example, it may be helpful to have a patient’s friend or family member present in a distressing session, or they may find the distress easier to tolerate within the familiarity of their own home. Telepsychology can make it easier to facilitate these situations.” Pierce went deeper in explaining the differences. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Psychologists are trained to attend to non-verbal cues like foot tapping, fidgeting, or body positioning. Many of these cues are missed via telepsychology: simply because the camera is often capturing images of the participants from the shoulders up. “This means a psychologist must rely more heavily on other cues such as slurred speech, unkempt hair, or noticing their patient rocking in their seat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Before and after\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This was not the first time Pierce and his team went after telepsychology data. Asking the same questions in 2017, the research found that the most often cited barriers were 1) lack of specific training with telepsychology 2) patient safety 3) privacy concerns and 4) legal issues. Many psychologists were never educated on remote care solutions within their training programs to use them effectively. It is also crucial to recognize who the method is appropriate for, and which solutions and therapies are effective via telepsychology. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As a result of COVID-19, the demand for distance psychological care has increased astonishingly. And as we have seen, psychologists have done everything they can to meet the changed requirements and learn the use of the technology. However, fine-tuning the system is important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Our research back then suggested that psychologists were significantly more likely to use it if they 1) knew it would be effective and 2) that it was easy to use. Since the pandemic began, psychologists have sought out and received training to address these concerns. They learned techniques for maintaining patient safety, how to address privacy issues, and how to practice legally” – Pierce added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-768x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16193\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-512x205.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-458x183.jpg 458w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Online banking vs online handling\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2017 only a little over 20% of psychologists used telepsychology for patient treatment. ”It was frustrating when you consider how often people use digital networks to attend to the financial, educational, medical, and social aspects of their lives. Telepsychology is not always appropriate, but our data suggests that only about 7% of patient treatment occurred via telepsychology before the COVID-19 pandemic. Surely it had a bigger place in treatment than 7%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>After the 2020 study researchers were shocked to see how quickly telepsychology was adopted. “\u003Cem>The shift from 7% of clinical work to more than 85% represents a lot of heavy lifting in a very short time\u003C\u002Fem>.” \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There was a concerted effort among psychologists and the community to identify and remove barriers. Psychologists sought out additional training, equipment was purchased, and policies were adjusted at every level to facilitate telehealth and telepsychology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Changing ways\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Asking 2,619 U.S. psychologists about the use of technology in their practice, Pierce and his team of researchers discovered not just the enormous extent of the change in treatment methods. They also found that many psychologists are planning to keep remote care even after the pandemic is gone. “We were surprised to see psychologists in every primary practice setting predict that they will use telepsychology significantly more after the pandemic ends than they did before it began. We had expected to see some sites return to their previous levels once the need for physical distancing ends. The results means that psychologists and patients will have more flexibility when considering treatment options.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Lifestyle medicine\" class=\"wp-image-28791\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Can telepsychology be really effective?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Therapists or psychologists build close professional relationships with their patients. As explained above, much of the non-verbal signs may fade or disappear in telepsychology. Asking about the efficacy of the therapeutic alliance (the patient-doctor relationship) is, therefore, an obvious question. “Dr Thomas Dwyer and his colleagues shared these concerns when \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2011\u002F07\u002F10\u002Ftechnology\u002Fbringing-therapists-to-patients-via-the-web.html\" target=\"_blank\">they created\u003C\u002Fa> a two-way video-conferencing system in the late 1960s to connect providers in Massachusetts General Hospital with patients located at a medical station a few miles away. They found they were able to accurately diagnose and effectively treat their patients’ mental health concerns while using the system” – Brad Pierce explained. In fact, Dwyer is said to be the first-ever person to use the word ‘telepsychiatry.’ \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But it comes as no surprise that some patients preferred remote sessions over in-person ones. Over the past few months, there has been a number of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apa.org\u002Fmonitor\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fcover-telepsychology\" target=\"_blank\">research\u003C\u002Fa> on the efficiency and the limitations of telepsychology. These often flagged important outcomes – like symptom reduction, doctor-patient relationship under the given circumstances or recurrence; comparing in-person treatments for a variety of diagnoses and therapeutic approaches. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“This is not surprising. People meet online and sustain relationships using technology all the time. Patients and therapists often find their awareness of the technology fades with time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Open-minded patients lead to wider adoption\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Dwyer and his team also noted that data also indicates that people in need of mental health care are increasingly open to such remote care options. As Brad Pierce explained, research-practitioners within the VCU’s Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative report that their patients were relieved and grateful that they could continue their treatment using this method rather than waiting for the pandemic to end. Some patients have even expressed their appreciation that they no longer need to commute for therapy. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“In our study, psychologists nationwide predict that 34.9% of their treatment will occur via telepsychology after the pandemic ends. 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