摘要：The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences may challenge resilience and aggravate complaints of patients in treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), whereas treatment necessarily shifted to online treatment, i.e. clinical videoconferencing (VCT), but it is unclear to what extent. The current study examined the patients’ perspectives regarding the pandemic and experiences with VCT. Method: Patients at a specialized Psychotrauma institute were asked to participate in a semi-structured interview by phone. Patients were selected through stratified randomization based on representation of the patient group, age, and sex. Qualitative analyses were performed using MAXQDA to elicit themes relevant to the participants. Results: Twenty-two participants (12 male, 10 female) including veterans, police officers, WOII survivors, WO II offspring, and refugees were administered the interview. Results indicated that the pandemic was experienced as stressful and affecting mood, due to fear of Corona, restrictive measures, and social isolation, although patients who were already isolated felt nothing changed. Resilient patients managed to get used to the situation, and tried to focus on positive things. Most participants were offered clinical VCT. Overall patients appreciated the continuity of treatment through VCT and felt safe to stay at home. Disadvantages were mentioned, namely technical problems, distance, the lack of body language and trust, lack of privacy at home, reluctance to discuss trauma at home, and getting distracted easily. Conclusions: Patients felt the Corona-pandemic affected their mental wellbeing, and recommendations for improving resilience were provided. Continuity of treatment through VCT was appreciated, although disadvantages need to be tackled in the future.
