Mental Health Professionals’ Perceptions of Benefits and Disadvantages of Telehealth: International Mixed Methods Study
From the perspective of mental health professionals, telehealth practice comes with key challenges and valuable benefits. Findings offer important considerations for the implementation of telehealth systems, including the importance of training and education and balancing trade-offs to optimize care.
Authors
- Maya Kulygina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-8240)
- José Ángel García‐Pacheco
- Madeline I. Montoya
- Brigitte Khoury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3283-2875)
- Tahilia J. Rebello
- Cary S. Kogan
- Rebeca Robles
- Geoffrey M Reed
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (MX)
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (LB)
- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (MX)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/75905
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00