Telepsychiatry and carer education for schizophrenia

Abstract

Telepsychiatry can deliver effective carer education programmes about schizophrenia and may provide one solution to bridging the chasm between scientific evidence and clinical reality.

Digital Technology for Caregivers of People With Psychosis: Systematic Review (Preprint)

“…59,60 Though preliminary, the early indications from the findings suggest that carers understanding about psychosis may benefit from the use of digital technologies and the approach might be acceptable (e.g. 45,48,50 ). Further exploration of the benefits of using different approaches to support carers in facilitating their knowledge and understanding about their relative's mental health condition, which also extend beyond traditional face-to-face meetings 61 would represent important research developments.…”

“…48 Participants were predominately female in eight of the nine studies that provided gender data. 45,46,48,49,50,51,52,53 While more than half the studies employed carer only participants only, four papers reported data for carer participants and the individuals they provided informal care for. 45, 46,47, 53…”

“…46,45,48,51,53 Two studies used a telepsychiatry approach comprising a phone 52 or video conferencing. 50 The remaining two studies used an emonitor 47 or combined email and bulletin board.…”

“…[45][46][47]53 With exception of one study, the remainder were conducted in Hong Kong, 48 Ireland, 50 Turkey, 52 and the United Kingdom. 51 There was one study, Perron,49 where 26 of the 30 participants were recruited from the USA and the remaining sample had come from Peru, Australia, and Canada.…”

Modelo de educação em saúde auditiva

“…In Audiology, the mainly themes approached are about public health, hearing diagnosis, intervention and rehabilitation, produced in different formats, which each one was adequated to its target public [34][35][36][37][38][39][40] . Nevertheless, there is difficultness, mainly financial in make available these materials to a large number of professionals, what turns the promotion and access restrict.…”