Cowan Allison, Johnson Racheal, Close Henrik
Dr. Cowan is with the Department of Psychiatry at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Drs. Close and Johnson are with the Department of Psychiatry at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and are Captains in the United States Air Force.
Innov Clin Neurosci. 2020 Apr 1;17(4-6):23-26.
Psychiatry is one of the first medical specialties to move to the practice of telehealth. Social distancing in the time of COVID-19 has prompted many face-to-face practices, including psychotherapy, to transition to virtual formats. Patients and physicians may have reservations about the change in approach and may have concerns about privacy and the security of protected health information. By utilizing telepsychiatry, patients and psychiatrists can have increased access to one another, bringing a host of benefits and challenges along with it. Addressing these concerns is an important part of telepsychiatry in psychotherapy practice. Here, we discuss practical solutions to challenges clinicians might encounter when moving a psychotherapy practice to telehealth, such as privacy issues, health information security, and developing/maintain a therapeutic bond.
精神病学是最早转向远程医疗实践的医学专科之一。在新冠疫情期间保持社交距离促使许多面对面的医疗实践，包括心理治疗，转向虚拟形式。患者和医生可能对这种方式的改变有所保留，并且可能担心隐私以及受保护健康信息的安全。通过利用远程精神病学，患者和精神科医生能够增加彼此之间的联系，同时也带来了一系列的益处和挑战。解决这些问题是心理治疗实践中远程精神病学的重要组成部分。在此，我们讨论临床医生在将心理治疗实践转向远程医疗时可能遇到的挑战的实际解决方案，例如隐私问题、健康信息安全以及建立/维持治疗关系。
