Private metropolitan telepsychiatry in Australia during Covid-19: current practice and future developments

Jeffrey C.L. Looi; William Pring

doi:10.1177/1039856220930675

Private metropolitan telepsychiatry in Australia during Covid-19: current practice and future developments

Jeffrey C.L. Looi^*, William Pring

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Objective: This paper discusses issues arising from the rapid implementation of metropolitan telepsychiatry in private practice during the Covid-19 public health emergency. Conclusions: The relatively rapid uptake of private practice metropolitan telepsychiatry may further increase flexibility of the options for appointments through ongoing broad telepsychiatry access after the Covid-19 crisis. Telepsychiatry can be used to facilitate the temporary provision of psychiatric care, and has benefits and risks, but is not a longer-term replacement for the interpersonal richness of face-to-face consultations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	508-510
Number of pages	3
Journal	Australasian Psychiatry
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856220930675
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020

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