Thippaiah Srinagesh Mannekote, Harbishettar Vijaykumar, Kumar T Manoj, Pandurangi Ananda
Valleywise Behavioral Health Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Padmashree Medicare Private Ltd, Vijayanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2020 Nov 1;42(5 Suppl):108S-112S. doi: 10.1177/0253717620962151. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Telepsychiatry provides a platform for mental health care delivery in rural and remote areas. Hybrid Telepsychiatry model combines home-based telepsychiatry with domiciliary visits by community mental health workers. This involves use of different modes of teledevices which ensures safe and secure clinical platform. Research evidence supports that incorporating this model seems to use the specialist time efficiently where the resources are limited and services need to be catered for larger geographical community. The current telepsychiatry practice in the United States, specifically the hybrid model, has indisputably shown significant benefits in caring for psychiatric patients. Such valuable clinical model and its relevance to current mental practice and also its application in the Indian scenario can be helpful in providing comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment. This review evaluates and highlights the potential risks and benefits of adopting the hybrid telepsychiatry model in the Indian mental health system.
远程精神病学为农村和偏远地区提供了一个心理健康护理平台。混合远程精神病学模式将居家远程精神病学与社区心理健康工作者的上门家访相结合。这涉及使用不同模式的远程设备，以确保安全可靠的临床平台。研究证据表明，在资源有限且需要为更大地理区域的社区提供服务的情况下，采用这种模式似乎能有效利用专家时间。美国目前的远程精神病学实践，特别是混合模式，在照顾精神病患者方面无疑显示出了显著益处。这种有价值的临床模式及其与当前精神科实践的相关性，以及在印度情境中的应用，有助于提供全面的多学科治疗。本综述评估并强调了在印度心理健康系统中采用混合远程精神病学模式的潜在风险和益处。
