@article{ref1,
title="Patient's perspectives of telepsychiatry: the past, present and future",
journal="Indian journal of psychological medicine",
year="2020",
author="Naik, Shalini S. and Manjunatha, Narayana and Kumar, Channaveerachari Naveen and Math, Suresh Bada and Moirangthem, Sydney",
volume="42",
number="Suppl 5",
pages="102S-107S",
abstract="Access to mental health care has significant disparities due to treatment gap, more  so particularly for the remotely residing, physically vulnerable, aging populations. Adoption of technology will enable more people to receive specialty care addressing  distance, transportation and cost-related barriers to treatment engagement from the  comfort of home. Telemedicine has been regarded as &quot;electronic personal protective  equipment&quot; by reducing the number of physical contacts and risk contamination for  patients during COVID-19 crisis. This review aimed to give a broad view of patients'  perception of the use of telepsychiatry in terms of clinical outcome,  cost-effectiveness, and solutions to address patients' challenges with the adoption  of technology. Over the years, telepsychiatry, both in synchronous and asynchronous  modalities, had shown to improve patients' adherence to treatment, follow-up rates,  and clinical symptoms, overcome stigma and discrimination, and save cost expenses  accessing health care with better satisfaction and usability outcomes. Its utility  is widespread such as in delivering care emergency evaluation, crisis intervention,  conducting neuropsychological assessments, psychotherapy, promoting lifestyle  modification, enhancing self-efficacy, and overcoming patients' linguistic and  cultural barriers to care. However, patients' privacy and confidentiality and  psychiatrists' legal liability remain as matter of major concern in digital  platform. To keep up with the pace of technology and patients' expectations, a more  agile approach is essential to develop, improve, and evaluate telepsychiatric  interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0253-7176",
doi="10.1177/0253717620963341",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0253717620963341"
}