Alqahtani M M J, Alkhamees H A, Alkhalaf A M, Alarjan S S, Alzahrani H S, AlSaad G F, Alhrbi F H, Wahass S H, Khayat A H, Alqahtani K M M
Psychology department, King Khalid university, Saudi Arabia.
Clinical psychology unit, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman centre for autism and developmental disorders, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ethics Med Public Health. 2021 Mar;16:100612. doi: 10.1016/j.jemep.2020.100612. Epub 2020 Nov 29.
The COVID-19 pandemic has obstructed the classical practices of psychological assessment and intervention via face-to-face interaction. Patients and all health professionals have been forced to isolate and become innovative to continue receiving and providing exceptional healthcare services while minimizing the risk of exposure to, or transmission of, COVID-19.
This document is proposed initially as a guide to the extraordinary implementation of telepsychology in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and to extend its implementation to use fundamentally as the main guideline for telepsychology services in Saudi Arabia and other Arabic communities.
A professional task force representing different areas of professional psychology reviewed, summarized, and documented methods, policies, procedures, and other resources to ensure that the recommendations and evidence reviews were valid and consistent with best practices.
The practice of telepsychology involves the consideration of legal and professional requirements. This paper provides a guideline and recommendations for procedural changes that are necessary to address psychological services as we transition to telepsychology, as well as elucidates and demonstrates practical telepsychology frameworks, procedures, and proper recommendations for the provision of services during COVID-19. It adds a focused examination and discussion related to factors that could influence the telemedicine guideline, such as culture, religion, legal matters, and how clinical psychologists could expand their telepsychology practice during COVID-19 and after, seeking to produce broadly applicable guidelines for the practice of telepsychology. Professional steps in practical telemedicine were illustrated in tables and examples.
Telepsychology is not a luxury or a temporary response. Rather, it should be considered part of a proactive governance model to secure a continuity of mental health care services. Arabic communities could benefit from this guideline to telepsychology as an essential protocol for providing mental health services during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情阻碍了通过面对面互动进行心理评估和干预的传统做法。患者和所有医护人员都被迫隔离，并进行创新，以继续接受和提供优质的医疗服务，同时将感染或传播新冠病毒的风险降至最低。
本文档最初旨在作为新冠疫情背景下远程心理学非凡实施的指南，并将其实施范围扩大，使其基本上成为沙特阿拉伯和其他阿拉伯社区远程心理学服务的主要指导方针。
一个代表专业心理学不同领域的专业特别工作组对方法、政策、程序和其他资源进行了审查、总结和记录，以确保建议和证据审查有效且符合最佳实践。
远程心理学实践涉及对法律和专业要求的考量。本文提供了一份指南和建议，用于在我们向远程心理学过渡时应对心理服务所需的程序变更，同时阐明并展示了实用的远程心理学框架、程序以及在新冠疫情期间提供服务的适当建议。它还增加了对可能影响远程医疗指南的因素的重点审查和讨论，如文化、宗教、法律事项，以及临床心理学家在新冠疫情期间及之后如何扩展其远程心理学实践，力求制定出广泛适用的远程心理学实践指南。实用远程医疗中的专业步骤在表格和示例中进行了说明。
远程心理学不是一种奢侈或临时的应对措施。相反，它应被视为积极治理模式的一部分，以确保心理健康服务的连续性。阿拉伯社区可以从这份远程心理学指南中受益，将其作为在新冠疫情期间及之后提供心理健康服务的基本规程。
