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. 2021 Sep 1;17(9):1965-1967.
doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9376.

Pediatric behavioral sleep medicine in the era of telemedicine: psychology trainee perspectives

Maureen E McQuillan  1 , Adrienne Anderson  1 , Kirsten D Russo  2 , Autumn Truss  3 , Sarah M Honaker  1 , Kate Lyn Walsh  1
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Pediatric behavioral sleep medicine in the era of telemedicine: psychology trainee perspectives

Maureen E McQuillan et al. J Clin Sleep Med. .

Abstract

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic in 2020 radically changed the landscape of psychology service provision and training, with rapid rollouts of telemedicine to promote safe access to care. In this perspective article, we share the experiences of 4 psychology trainees, all of whom worked as psychology interns or postdoctoral fellows in pediatric behavioral sleep medicine during the pandemic. With restricted in-person visits and upheaval of children's normative sleep and school schedules, we directly observed growth in both need for psychological care and opportunity to provide this care remotely. Here, we summarize the unique challenges and learning opportunities we faced when trying to learn and implement evidence-based assessment and treatment of child and adolescent sleep difficulties during the pandemic.

Citation: McQuillan ME, Anderson A, Russo KD, Truss A, Honaker SM, Walsh KL. Pediatric behavioral sleep medicine in the era of telemedicine: psychology trainee perspectives. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17(9):1965-1967.

Keywords: CBT-I; pediatric behavioral sleep medicine; psychology trainees; telemedicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have seen and approved the manuscript. Work for this study was performed at Indiana University School of Medicine. The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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