. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Jul 29;73(4):381–387. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100176

Table 2:

Perceptions of General Challenges to Providing Mental Health Services to Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic, State and County Mental Health Agency Officials, September 21, 2020- October 30, 2020

Perceived General Challenges	n	Mean^a	SD	%^b
Inability to provide some services remotely	146	4.72	1.74	42
Provider capacity/staffing issues because of illness and /or childcare obligations	144	4.25	1.67	29
Lack of personal protective equipment for providers	145	3.77	1.85	20
Patients missing appointments	145	3.66	1.68	16
Facility closures	143	2.98	1.90	11
Redeployment of inpatient psychiatric beds for anticipated/actual COVID-19 patients	141	2.60	1.82	10
Medication supply	144	2.29	1.45	4

Note: N= 159.

^a.

7-point Likert scale: 1= not a challenge, 7= major challenge.

^b.

Percentage of respondents indicating 6 or 7 on scale.