[Telepsychiatry in adults and adolescents: a useful tool against CoViD-19]

Recenti Prog Med. 2020 Jul-Aug;111(7):411-414. doi: 10.1701/3407.33923.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

CoViD-19 is a disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), originated from China in December 2019. In March 2020, CoViD-19 was declared a pandemic, having spread all over the word. The psychological impact of CoViD-19 disease must be recognized alongside the physical symptoms for all those affected. Furhermore quarantine for coronavirus has serious psychological side effects, such as depression and anxiety that are more likely to occur and worsen. Furhermore quarantine reduces the availability of psychiatric and psychological interventions. The evidence base for telepsychiatry is growing in adults and adolescents. A growing body of literature suggests that use of telepsychiatry to provide mental health services has the potential to remove geographic barriers between patients and providers and improves quality care. It has increased the volume of patients that physicians can reach and diagnose, as well as allowing them to treat patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anxiety / etiology
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Attitude to Death
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Caregivers / psychology
  • Child
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
  • Depression / etiology
  • Health Personnel / psychology
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
  • Psychiatry / methods*
  • Psychiatry / organization & administration
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Psychology, Child
  • Quarantine / psychology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stress, Psychological / etiology*
  • Telemedicine / methods*