Making a Virtue Out of Necessity: COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Applying Internet-Based Psychological Interventions for Informal Caregivers

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856016

. 2022 Apr 7:13:856016.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856016. eCollection 2022.

Making a Virtue Out of Necessity: COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Applying Internet-Based Psychological Interventions for Informal Caregivers

Michelle Semonella¹, Gerhard Andersson^{2

3

4}, Rachel Dekel⁵, Giada Pietrabissa^{6

7}, Noa Vilchinsky¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
² Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 35465576
PMCID: PMC9022647
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856016

Making a Virtue Out of Necessity: COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Applying Internet-Based Psychological Interventions for Informal Caregivers

Michelle Semonella et al. Front Psychol. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 7:13:856016.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856016. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Michelle Semonella¹, Gerhard Andersson^{2

3

4}, Rachel Dekel⁵, Giada Pietrabissa^{6

7}, Noa Vilchinsky¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
² Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 35465576
PMCID: PMC9022647
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856016

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; caregiver burden; clinical psychology; digital mental health; informal caregiver; internet-based intervention; self-help.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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[1] Andersson G.. (2016). Internet-delivered psychological treatments. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 12, 157–179. 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-021815-093006 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Andersson G.. (2016). Internet-delivered psychological treatments. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 12, 157–179. 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-021815-093006 - DOI - PubMed

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[4] Andersson G., Carlbring P., Ljótsson B., Hedman E. (2013). Guided internet-based CBT for common mental disorders. J. Contemp. Psychother. 43, 223–233. 10.1007/s10879-013-9237-9 - DOI

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[7] Arnold T., Kunicki Z. J., Rogers B. G., Haubrick K. K., Klasko-Foster L., Norris A. L., et al. . (2021). Validating the psychosocial functioning during COVID-19 questionnaire among a sample of informal caregivers. Gerontol. Geriatr. Med. 7, 2333721421997200. 10.1177/2333721421997200 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[9] Bei E., Rotem-Mindali O., Vilchinsky N. (2020). Providing care from afar: a growing yet understudied phenomenon in the caregiving field. Front. Psychol. 11, 681. 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00681 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Bei E., Rotem-Mindali O., Vilchinsky N. (2020). Providing care from afar: a growing yet understudied phenomenon in the caregiving field. Front. Psychol. 11, 681. 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00681 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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