Patient and Therapist Perceptions of a Publicly Funded Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT) Program for Ontario Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study

Serena Thapar   ^{1, 2} , HBSc ;   Megan Nguyen   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Bilal Noreen Khan   ^{1, 3} , MPH, MSc ;   Roz Fanaieyan   ¹ , MPH ;   Vanessa Kishimoto   ¹ , MPH ;   Rebecca Liu   ¹ , PhD ;   Blanca Bolea-Alamañac   ^{1, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Marisa Leon-Carlyle   ¹ , MD, MSc ;   Anne O’Riordan   ^{1, 5} , BSc ;   Maggie Keresteci   ^{1, 5} , MA, CHE ;   Onil Bhattacharyya   ^{1, 6} , MD, PhD

¹ Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Patient Advisors Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada