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

BackgroundThe 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...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Ramalho, Frances Adiukwu, Drita Gashi Bytyçi, Samer El Hayek, Jairo M. Gonzalez-Diaz, Amine Larnaout, Paolo Grandinetti, Marwa Nofal, Victor Pereira-Sanchez, Mariana Pinto da Costa, Ramdas Ransing, Andre Luiz Schuh Teixeira, Mohammadreza Shalbafan, Joan Soler-Vidal, Zulvia Syarif, Laura Orsolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.552450/full