Implementation, Adoption, and Perceptions of Telemental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review

Rebecca Appleton   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Julie Williams   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Norha Vera San Juan   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Justin J Needle   ⁴ , PhD ;   Merle Schlief   ¹ , MSc ;   Harriet Jordan   ² , MSc ;   Luke Sheridan Rains   ¹ , PhD ;   Lucy Goulding   ⁵ , PhD ;   Monika Badhan   ⁶ , MBBS, MRCPsych ;   Emily Roxburgh   ⁷ , MSc ;   Phoebe Barnett   ^{1, 8} , MSc ;   Spyros Spyridonidis   ¹ , MSc ;   Magdalena Tomaskova   ¹ , MA ;   Jiping Mo   ¹ , MSc ;   Jasmine Harju-Seppänen   ⁹ , MSc ;   Zoë Haime   ⁹ , MSc ;   Cecilia Casetta   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Alexandra Papamichail   ³ , PhD ;   Brynmor Lloyd-Evans   ¹ , PhD ;   Alan Simpson   ³ , PhD ;   Nick Sevdalis   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Fiona Gaughran   ^{10, 11 *} , MD ;   Sonia Johnson   ^{1, 6 *} , DM

¹ NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

² Centre for Implementation Science, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

³ NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

⁴ Centre for Health Services Research, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

⁵ King's Improvement Science, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

⁶ Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

⁷ Kingston iCope, Camden & Islington NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

⁸ Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

⁹ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

¹⁰ Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

¹¹ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally