International telepsychiatry: a review of what has been published

Bahloul, Hussam Jefee; Mani, Nithya

doi:10.1177/1357633x13495480

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“…Until now, there is a very limited use as well as literature data considering the so called cross-border mental health, especially in low and middle income countries 3 .…”

Section: Military Populations International Settings and Cultural Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Telepsychiatry in actual practice - State of the art according to literature

Ivanović-Kovačević¹,

Šobot²,

Vejnović³

2019

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Due to rapidly evolving new technologies in the field of computers, internet and mobile telephony there is a consequently rapid change in the psychosociological relationships and way of communication. One of the revolutionary fields is a telemedicine with it subgroup telepsychiatry. Videoconferencing became adopted from the early 1990s in reaching the patients in need in remote areas with a service of telepsychiatry. With a higher level of implementation of this service, consequently rise the research and investigation of comparison of cost and effectiveness in treatment between in person psychiatric care and telepsychiatry. Global conclusion is that telepsychiatry is feasible and very effective in different population groups (child, adult and geriatric population) and clinical settings. Moreover, there is evidence that some patients actually prefer telepsychiatry to in-person treatments. There are new issues which are imposing as a consequence of the implementation of telepsychiatry as funding, reimbursement, incorporation in to the existing health system, cross-cultural aspects and medico-legal issues need for constant technological and methodological upgrading. Of the utmost importance is a need for the new higher quality efficacy studies, improving of the data security. Completely new field is a involving in this new psychiatric field of the low and middle income countries with resolving of the specific needs and problems they have in this field. Anyway, this is a rapidly developing and exciting new field of psychiatry and it is necessary to focus all the psychiatric community on it.

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“…Until now, there is a very limited use as well as literature data considering the so called cross-border mental health, especially in low and middle income countries 3 .…”

Section: Military Populations International Settings and Cultural Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the field of the rapidly development technologies, in the last several decades, there are some newly developed patient related activities which could be called telehealth or telemedicine, without a clear distinction between those two terms 1,2,3 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Telepsychiatry in actual practice - State of the art according to literature

Ivanović-Kovačević¹,

Šobot²,

Vejnović³

2019

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“…73 To date, there has been limited application of telepsychiatry to provide cross-border mental health care and minimal research in low and middle income countries. 74 Synchronous telepsychiatry requires specific technology which may limit its application where power sources are unreliable or where land-based telephone and Internet services are lacking. 75 Although telepsychiatry was found to be an acceptable method of receiving health care by patients from various cultural backgrounds, such application presents specific challenges.…”

Section: Military Populations International Settings and Cultural Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Telepsychiatry: effectiveness and feasibility

Gajaria¹,

Conn²,

Madan³

2015

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Providing psychiatric services by real-time videoconferencing has been increasingly adopted as a method of reaching hard-to-serve populations since the early 1990s. As the field has expanded, a growing body of research has developed investigating both how telepsychiatry compares to in-person psychiatric care and how effectively telepsychiatry can be implemented in routine clinical care. A narrative review was performed to consider the evidence that telepsychiatry is feasible and effective across a variety of patient populations and clinical settings. There is a growing body of evidence investigating the efficacy of telepsychiatry when used for psychiatric assessment and treatment in the adult, child, and geriatric populations. Though studies vary in quality, they generally demonstrate that telepsychiatry is effective across multiple age groups and clinical settings. Telepsychiatry is generally well accepted by patients and clinicians and is feasible to implement, with the suggestion that some patients may actually prefer telepsychiatry to in-person treatment. Issues to consider in the implementation of telepsychiatry services include funding and reimbursement, medico-legal issues when provision crosses legislative boundaries, incorporation into existing health systems, and crosscultural considerations. Future directions for research and practice include a need for higher-quality efficacy studies, consideration of data security, increased attention to low-and middle-income countries, and the introduction of novel technological approaches.

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“…This is made possible by the availability of high-speed Internet globally. 6,7 Although a previous survey had captured hesitance of Syrian refugee patients towards receiving direct mental health services via technology, 4 interventions aiming at capacity building of healthcare workers who manage Syrians affected by war have been suggested. 4 Given the lack of the proper infrastructure needed for videoconferencing-based consultations, store-and-forward (S&F) TMH is thought to be the most applicable modality in humanitarian settings.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%