Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, Miguel A Alvarez-Mon, Álvaro Andreu-Bernabeu, Luis Capitán, Carlos de Las Cuevas, Juan Carlos Gómez, Iria Grande, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Raimundo Mateos, Pedro Moreno-Gea, Tomás De Vicente-Muñoz, Francisco Ferre
This review paper analyzes the state of knowledge on Telepsychiatry (TP) after the crisis caused by COVID and the resulting need to use new modalities of care. Six essential aspects of TP are addressed: patient's and mental health staff satisfaction, diagnostic reliability, effectiveness of TP interventions, cost-effectiveness in terms of opportunity cost (or efficiency), legal aspects inherent to confidentiality and privacy in particular and the attitude of professionals toward TP. Satisfaction with TP is acceptable among both patients and professionals, the latter being the most reluctant...
September 9, 2022: Revista de Psiquiatrí́a y Salud Mental