Publications by authors named "Rajiv Bhatla"
Background: Global health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, confront healthcare workers (HCW) with increased exposure to potentially morally distressing events. The pandemic has provided an opportunity to explore the links between moral distress, moral resilience, and emergence of mental health symptoms in HCWs.
Methods: A total of 962 Canadian healthcare workers (88.
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused global disruptions with serious psychological impacts. This study investigated the emergence of new psychiatric symptoms and the worsening of pre-existing mental disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, identified factors associated with psychological worsening, and assessed changes in mental health service use.
Methods: An online survey was circulated between April 3 and June 23, 2020.
Context: Telepsychiatry has become a common modality for the provision of psychiatric consultations to patients in rural regions.
Aims: The aims of this study were to assess and compare patient and provider satisfaction and perceptions of access to care with telepsychiatry.
Methods: Telepsychiatric consultations were given by providers based on an urban tertiary academic health centre to patients located in rural primary care clinics.
Background: The purpose of this document is to provide initial recommendations to telemental health (TMH) professionals for the selection of assessment and outcome measures that best reflect the impacts of mental health treatments delivered via live interactive videoconferencing.
Materials And Methods: The guidance provided here was created through an expert consensus process and is in the form of a lexicon focused on identified key TMH outcomes.
Results: Each lexical item is elucidated by a definition, recommendations for assessment/measurement, and additional commentary on important considerations.