Experiences of Women Participating in a Student-Led, Virtual Group Counseling Program for Maternal Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

• Tác giả: Lina Burkhart, Corie Hess, Jean Marie Place, Kalyn M Renbarger
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 158.35 Group counseling
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 694449

Tóm tắt

PURPOSE: To describe the experiences of women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) who participated in a virtual group counseling program for maternal mental health during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. METHOD: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Participants were recruited from Facebook parenting groups targeted to women with children in Indiana. One-on-one, semi-structured interviews were conducted in a virtual setting. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using content analysis to yield themes. RESULTS: Nine women with PMADs participated in the virtual group counseling program. Three themes were identified: (1) CONCLUSION: Participants experienced heightened symptoms of PMADs during the pandemic. Participants' experiences in the student-led, virtual counseling program suggest that providers could enhance social support and screening for PMADs for women in the perinatal period through virtual programs. Graduate-level psychology students could be considered to decrease the national shortage of mental health providers. [