Citation

Rina K, Padhy SK, Chadda RK. BJPsych Int. 2021; 18(4).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Royal College of Psychiatrists)

DOI

10.1192/bji.2021.20

PMID

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Abstract

The release of the Telepsychiatry Operational Guidelines 2020 in India, during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a relief for both clinicians and patients. These guidelines embark on initiating and executing naive and recently started telepsychiatry services in India. The document is aligned with other ethical regulations, policies, laws and the 2020 Telemedicine Practice Guidelines in India. This paper discusses a few points about the broader applicability of the guideline for the benefit of humankind in the prevailing healthcare crisis. The guidelines may be extrapolated in policy-making for telepsychiatry services in other low- and middle-income countries sharing a similar socioeconomic, cultural and political milieu. Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Language: en

Keywords

human; COVID-19; suicide; Review; India; psychotherapy; politics; socioeconomics; automutilation; cultural factor; practice guideline; telepsychiatry; telemedicine; clinician; low income country; middle income country; Telemedicine guidelines 2020; telepsychiatry guidelines 2020