telepsychiatry
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thumb|Telemental health session Telepsychiatry or telemental health refers to the use of telecommunications technology (mostly videoconferencing and phone calls) to deliver psychiatric care remotely for people with mental health conditions. It is a branch of telemedicine.
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18 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Effectiveness
- Benefits and limitations
- Sub-specialties
- Home-based telepsychiatry
- Forensic telepsychiatry
- On-demand telepsychiatry
- Scheduled telepsychiatry
- Telepsychiatry around the world
- In the United States
- In India
- In the UK
- Global health
- Telemental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Telemental health session Telepsychiatry or telemental health refers to the use of telecommunications technology (mostly videoconferencing and phone calls) to deliver psychiatric care remotely for people with mental health conditions. It is a branch of telemedicine.
Telepsychiatry can be effective in treating people with mental health conditions. In the short-term it can be as acceptable and effective as face-to-face care. Research also suggests comparable therapeutic factors, such as changes in problematic thinking or behaviour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “telepsychiatry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.