Telepsychiatry and healthcare access inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ramalho, Rodrigo; Adiukwu, Frances; Bytyçi, Drita Gashi; Hayek, Samer El; González-Díaz, Jairo M.; Larnaout, Amine; Grandinetti, Paolo; Kundadak, Ganesh Kudva; Nofal, Marwa; Pereira-Sánchez, Víctor; Costa, Mariana Pinto da; Ransing, Ramdas; Teixeira, André Luiz Schuh; Shalbafan, Mohammadreza; Soler-Vidal, Joan; Syarif, Zulvia; Orsolini, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102234

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“…[62][63][64][65][66] After the COVID-19 pandemic, a drastic shift from outpatient activities and liaison psychiatry to telepsychiatry has occurred, and a call for the implementation of digital mental health has been widely encouraged. 9,20,67 China led this movement as the nation started to actively provide telepsychiatry services for the general population and those at risk of exposure to COVID-19. 68 Along the same lines, the Australian Government has responded to the pandemic by increasing the funding for telepsychiatry services, including telehealth consultations with general practitioners and specialists.…”

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“…Many mental healthcare systems did not have the infrastructural resources required to adequately cope with the exponentially evolving impact of COVID-19. 9 The pandemic has negatively impacted mental health around the globe by elevating rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and negative societal behaviors. [10][11][12] Additionally, the adverse effects of COVID-19 on the mental health of affected communities, including healthcare workers, quickly started to compromise the general medical response.…”

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<p>Telepsychiatry in the Arab World: A Viewpoint Before and During COVID-19</p>

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<p>Telepsychiatry in the Arab World: A Viewpoint Before and During COVID-19</p>

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“…Group discussions were accompanied with a review of the emerging scientific literature about COVID-19 and its impact on mental health, as available in online journals and databases. Also, the answers provided to the trigger questions and topics informed the development of other manuscripts published ( 11 ) and to be published in the near future.…”

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“…Also, mental health care professionals and service providers may have feelings of apprehension or ill-preparedness when facing the sudden need to set up telepsychiatry services and/or to provide mental health care primarily via this approach ( 10 ). At the same time, not all services count with local guidelines for telepsychiatry ( 11 ), and available guidelines may not be transferable to different social and cultural contexts. Moreover, not all available guidelines may have contemplated the particular circumstances imposed by the current COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Telepsychiatry During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development of a Protocol for Telemental Health Care

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Background The rapid spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has forced most countries to take drastic public health measures, including the closure of most mental health outpatient services and some inpatient units. This has suddenly created the need to adapt and expand telepsychiatry care across the world. However, not all health care services might be ready to cope with this public health demand. The present study was set to create a practical and clinically useful protocol for telemental health care to be applied in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A panel of psychiatrists from 15 different countries [covering all World Health Organization (WHO) regions] was convened. The panel used a combination of reactive Delphi technique and consensus development conference strategies to develop a protocol for the provision of telemental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results The proposed protocol describes a semi-structured initial assessment and a series of potential interventions matching mild, moderate, or high-intensity needs of target populations. Conclusions Telemedicine has become a pivotal tool in the task of ensuring the continuous provision of mental health care for the population, and the outlined protocol can assist with this task. The strength of this protocol lies in its practicality, clinical usefulness, and wide transferability, resulting from the diversity of the consensus group that developed it. Developed by psychiatrists from around the globe, the proposed protocol may prove helpful for many clinical and cultural contexts, assisting mental health care providers worldwide.

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“…Raviteja Innamuri 1 , Swetha Madhuri 1 , Donae Elizabeth George 1 , Deepa Ramaswamy 1 Telemedicine is also being utilized to overcome various challenges in healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. 7 Though telemedicine was being practiced across India, the social distancing practices and lockdown related to the COVID-19 pandemic gave it an impetus. Hence, the government of India published the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines on March 25, 2020.…”

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