Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is an independent, interdisciplinary science that encompasses psychotherapeutic directions based on scientific principles and methods. Through the psychotherapeutic process, psychotherapy aims to achieve personal growth, remove or lessen the intensity of existing psychosocial, psych...

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Main Authors: Ivan Samardžić Ilić, Zorana Kušević
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Language:English
Published: Sestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical Research 2024-01-01
Series:Acta Clinica Croatica
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/466175
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description Psychotherapy is an independent, interdisciplinary science that encompasses psychotherapeutic directions based on scientific principles and methods. Through the psychotherapeutic process, psychotherapy aims to achieve personal growth, remove or lessen the intensity of existing psychosocial, psychosomatic and behavioral problems and suffering, as well as help develop more functional patterns of behavior and experiences of interpersonal relationships or value systems. Research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on psychotherapy in terms of the way it is carried out, change in the environment in which it is performed, and online psychotherapy has been introduced. The aim of this study was to find information, through available literature, on the impact of the pandemic on mental health and psychotherapy, and also to spread awareness about the current identified risks connected to the greater morbidity of psychiatric disorders and diseases and the need of psychotherapeutic interventions. Previous studies have shown that the pandemic increased the incidence of psychological disorders and diseases and the need of psychological intervention. Available data have shown that in the times of strict epidemiological measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, certain modifications of the psychotherapeutic process were made in terms of the use of online psychotherapy.
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spelling doaj-art-71aef45b69d2425bb81eaedd9acdd4cc2025-08-20T01:52:37ZengSestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical ResearchActa Clinica Croatica0353-94661333-94512024-01-0163.116517410.20471/acc.2024.63.01.20Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapyIvan Samardžić Ilić0Zorana Kušević1Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital, Zagreb, CroatiaVrapče Psychiatric Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Zagreb, CroatiaPsychotherapy is an independent, interdisciplinary science that encompasses psychotherapeutic directions based on scientific principles and methods. Through the psychotherapeutic process, psychotherapy aims to achieve personal growth, remove or lessen the intensity of existing psychosocial, psychosomatic and behavioral problems and suffering, as well as help develop more functional patterns of behavior and experiences of interpersonal relationships or value systems. Research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on psychotherapy in terms of the way it is carried out, change in the environment in which it is performed, and online psychotherapy has been introduced. The aim of this study was to find information, through available literature, on the impact of the pandemic on mental health and psychotherapy, and also to spread awareness about the current identified risks connected to the greater morbidity of psychiatric disorders and diseases and the need of psychotherapeutic interventions. Previous studies have shown that the pandemic increased the incidence of psychological disorders and diseases and the need of psychological intervention. Available data have shown that in the times of strict epidemiological measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, certain modifications of the psychotherapeutic process were made in terms of the use of online psychotherapy.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/466175PsychotherapyCOVID-19SARS-CoV2Mental healthTelemedicine
spellingShingle Ivan Samardžić Ilić
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Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy
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Psychotherapy
COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
Mental health
Telemedicine
title Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy
title_full Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy
title_fullStr Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy
title_short Some effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychotherapy
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topic Psychotherapy
COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
Mental health
Telemedicine
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