Tharoor Hema, Thara Rangaswamy
Dept. of Mental Health and Social Sciences, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Research and DEMCARES, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2020 Oct 7;42(5 Suppl):69S-74S. doi: 10.1177/0253717620958161. eCollection 2020 Oct.
This review chronicles the origin of telepsychiatry services started by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) in the community and traces the birth of the Scarf Telepsychiatry in Pudukkottai (STEP) program at Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu. This paper also examines the trajectory of STEP and highlights other relevant models existing in the country in the last decade.
本综述记录了精神分裂症研究基金会(SCARF)在社区开展的远程精神病学服务的起源,并追溯了泰米尔纳德邦普杜科泰的SCARF远程精神病学普杜科泰项目(STEP)的诞生。本文还考察了STEP的发展轨迹,并重点介绍了该国过去十年中存在的其他相关模式。