AN EVALUATION ON ATTITUDES OF POLISH PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS THE RAPID EMERGENCE OF REMOTE PSYCHOTHERAPY ARISING AT THE OUTSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WITHIN A LEGAL CONTEXT.

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic impacted on everyday life and made necessary to deploy remote medical services. Delivering psychiatric health care remotely for children and adolescents posed a major challenge to healthcare professionals. The study aimed to describe the status and trends in remote psychotherapy used during the pandemic Covid-19 and lockdown in Poland with focus on factors affecting the decisions made by therapists, particularly those specific to child and adolescent therapy.