Telepsychiatry: Promise, potential, and challenges

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Malhotra, Savita ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Shah, Ruchita ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

E mental health; mental health gap; telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; E-MAIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TELECONFERENCE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPSYCHIATRY; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84873462399     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.105499     Document Type: Review

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