Barriers and facilitators to implementing blended models of care into psychology services in Australia

Blended care, which combines digital interventions with in-person therapy, for depression and anxiety reduces the duration and cost of treatment compared to face-to-face treatment and can improve the accessibility, standardisation and quality of care. Importantly, blended care achieves equivalent and potentially superior therapeutic gains than face-to-face therapy. Integrating digital programs into therapy can be challenging, and research is needed to identify the key barriers and facilitators that psychologists anticipate facing when implementing a new model of blended care in Australian mental health settings. The aim of this study was to use implementation science to identify organisational, practitioner, and client-level factors that can influence implementation of a new model of blended care developed for treating adults with depression and anxiety in Australia.