Using the Online Psychotherapy Tool to Address Mental Health Problems in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for an Electronically Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program

Nazanin Alavi   ^{1, 2} , MD, FRCPC ;   Megan Yang   ¹ , MD, FRCPC ;   Callum Stephenson   ^{1, 2} , BScH ;   Niloofar Nikjoo   ¹ , MD ;   Niloufar Malakouti   ^{1, 3} , MD ;   Gina Layzell   ⁴ ;   Jasleen Jagayat   ¹ , BSc ;   Amirhossein Shirazi   ^{1, 2, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Dianne Groll   ¹ , PhD ;   Mohsen Omrani   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Anne O'Riordan   ⁶ , BSc ;   Sarosh Khalid-Khan   ^{1, 2} , MD, DABPN, FRCPC ;   Rafael Freire   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Elisa Brietzke   ^{1, 2, 7} , MD ;   Fabiano Alves Gomes   ^{1, 2} , MSc, MD, PhD ;   Roumen Milev   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD, FRCPC ;   Claudio N Soares   ^{1, 2} , MBA, MD, PhD, FRCPC

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

² Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

³ School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁴ Centre for Behavioural Studies, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁵ OPTT Inc, Digital Media Zone, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁷ Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston Health Science Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada