Young Adult Mental Health Research Library

Virtual psychotherapy expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to offer flexibility, convenience, and access to care for many clients, including those balancing demanding schedules or facing barriers to in-person treatment.

Exploring how therapeutic alliance differs between virtual and in-person mental health care, this poster showcases the benefits of in-person treatment as more strongly supporting rapport, community connection, and the effective use of clinical skills.

The relationship between trauma exposure and mental health outcomes among LGBTQ+ young adults were explored in this poster, finding trauma to be a key factor associated with elevated emotional distress and impulsivity.

A validated survey developed by The Dorm was assessed in this paper, to showcase how virtual and face-to-face therapy differ in their impact on therapeutic alliance, engagement, rapport, and confidentiality.

The Therapy Mode Preference Scale was developed by The Dorm and preliminarily validated in this paper, demonstrating that the measure reliably assesses how virtual and in-person treatment settings influence key therapeutic factors such as alliance, engagement, rapport, and confidentiality.

Reliability and validity of The Dorm’s Mental Health Recovery Checklist, a self-report measure designed to assess holistic recovery across six domains of young adult life, was assessed in this paper. Results indicate the checklist has a unidimensional factor structure.

The differences in anxiety symptom severity across gender identities of young adults in intensive outpatient treatment were explored in this poster, highlighting elevated anxiety among gender-diverse and cisgender female clients.

The Dorm's community-based treatment model for young adults with PTSD was evaluated in this poster, finding that greater community engagement and social connection are strongly associated with reductions in PTSD symptoms.

Client and clinician perspectives on virtual versus in-person therapy were evaluated in this poster. Findings indicate that while virtual care offers flexibility and continuity, in-person treatment strengthens therapeutic connection, engagement, and rapport.

The role of community integration and self-efficacy in trauma recovery among young adults in intensive outpatient treatment was evaluated. This poster outlines how greater social connection and participation were associated with reductions in trauma symptoms.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety severity among young adults seeking treatment was evaluated in this paper, revealing significant increases in symptom acuity among female-identifying clients.

Changes in mental health symptoms among young adults seeking treatment during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic is explored in this poster, revealing increased symptom acuity among female-identifying clients.