Taishiro Kishimoto, Shotaro Kinoshita, Shogyoku Bun, Yasunori Sato, Momoko Kitazawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Mitsuhiro Sado, Akihiro Takamiya, Masaru Mimura, Takashi Nakamae, Yoshinari Abe, Tetsufumi Kanazawa, Yasuo Kawabata, Hiroaki Tomita, Koichi Abe, Akitoyo Hishimoto, Takeshi Asami, Akira Suda, Yoshinori Watanabe, Toru Amagai, Kei Sakuma, Hisashi Kida, Michitaka Funayama, Hiroshi Kimura, Aiko Sato, Shuichiro Fujiwara, Kiichiro Nagao, Naoya Sugiyama, Maki Takamiya, Hideyuki Kodama, Takaharu Azekawa
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the mental health of people around the world. Anxiety related to infection, stress and stigma caused by the forced changes in daily life have reportedly increased the incidence and symptoms of depression, anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Under such circumstances, telepsychiatry is gaining importance and attracting a great deal of attention. However, few large pragmatic clinical trials on the use of telepsychiatry targeting multiple psychiatric disorders have been conducted to date...
December 2021: Contemporary Clinical Trials