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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2025

Feasibility, satisfaction, and goal attainment in routine telemedicine consultation in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy.

Manfred Döpfner, Elena von Wirth, Julia Adam, Carolina Goldbeck, Karen Schulze-Husmann, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Michael Simons, Fabiola Heuer, Jan Schwendowius, Luise Poustka and 2 more

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  1. Projected Deficiencies in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Workforce in the USA: A Call to Action.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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Manfred Döpfner *School of Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. manfred.doepfner@uk-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-0463
Elena von Wirth *Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2461-4966
Julia AdamSchool of Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-5461
Carolina GoldbeckSchool of Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Karen Schulze-HusmannSchool of Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Beate Herpertz-DahlmannDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Michael SimonsDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Fabiola HeuerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jan SchwendowiusDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Luise PoustkaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christiane WegnerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Stephan BenderDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8199-3785

Funding

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research 01KX2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telehealth services were rapidly adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but evidence regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of telehealth services in child and adolescent mental healthcare is sparse. This study aims to investigate feasibility, satisfaction, and goal attainment in video-delivered consultations in routine care child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy. A total of 1046 patients from four university child and adolescent outpatient psychiatric clinics and one university outpatient unit for child and adolescent psychotherapy were screened for study participation. We examined a) the percentage of patients considered eligible for video-delivered consultation, b) clinicians', parents' and patients' satisfaction with video consultation, c) clinicians' ratings of goal attainment in video consultation, and d) factors associated with satisfaction and goal attainment. 59% of the screening sample (n = 621) fulfilled eligibility criteria and were considered eligible for video consultation. A total of 267 patients consented to participate in the study and received a video consultation. Clinicians reported high levels of satisfaction with video consultation and high levels of goal attainment in video consultations, especially for patients scheduled for initial patient assessments. Parents and patients were also highly satisfied with the video consultations, especially if patients had less severe emotional and behavioral problems. The present findings suggest that video consultations are a feasible and well-accepted alternative to in-person consultations in child and adolescent mental health care, especially for children with less severe symptoms and for children in early phases of assessment and treatment. Limitations include the lack of a control group. The study was registered at the German Clinical Trials Registry (DRKS00023525).

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Adolescent PsychiatryChild PsychiatryGoalsPatient SatisfactionPsychotherapyRemote ConsultationTelemedicineAdolescentChildCOVID-19Feasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleAdolescentsChildrenMental healthcareTelehealthTelemedicineVideo consultation

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