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Published Date : 06-Oct-2020 |
Here the reasons why Telepsychiatry is trending in the healthcare sector. As there is a rise in the incidence of mental health disorders. According to the report of the WHO, currently, around 450 million people are suffering from mental or neurological disorders all across the world. Increasing acceptance for telepsychiatry among both doctors and patients. The time and cost of traveling are saved, most of the people are preferring to get treatment by telemedicine. Telepsychiatry services are available at the fingertips and also saves the time of consultation. These are a few factors that are increasing the demand for telepsychiatry.
Telepsychiatry type of health care facility and services that provide treatment from a distance with the help of technology such as videoconferencing. It is a part of telemedicine, which includes psychiatric evaluations, therapy, patient education, and medication management. It is used for different types of therapies such as individual, family, or group therapy.
Telepsychiatry also offers facilities such as session recording in form of images or audio-video files, for later reviewing the file. Telepsychiatry offers direct interactions between the psychiatrist and patients. This technological advancement can be used to treat patients in even remote places.
Most of the patients, psychiatrists, and other professionals find it satisfactory with the services offered and the convenience of Telepsychiatry. It is considered equivalent to in-person care. The accuracy of diagnosis, treatment process and the quality of care provided in Telepsychiatry are acceptable by the patients. All age groups including children, adolescent as well as find it convenient to talk and share their problems with the medical professional virtually. For those patients who suffer from anxiety disorders or some serious mental disorders, telepsychiatry is a good option to get treatment remotely.
Telepsychiatry can be practiced in a variety of settings such as in hospitals, nursing homes, private practice, schools, or military treatment centers. According to their convenience, patients can take video or audio appointment. After the consultation, they can be shared with relevant information like the recording of consultation and e-prescriptions.
When the psychiatric treatment is given to the patients in the home or other private settings is commonly called home-based telepsychiatry. It only requires internet service and a webcam. According to the interest and convenience of the patients, more psychiatrists are adopting this method of treatment. Home-based telepsychiatry is useful for elderly and disabled persons.
Telepsychiatry when used to prove counseling facilities to prisoners remotely, it is called as forensic telepsychiatry. These facilities include psychiatric assessment, suicide watch, medication consultation, etc.
It is also called routine telepsychiatry. It provides behavioral health care to the people. Psychiatrists are remotely consulted for the management of medication, supervision, or for assessment.
Telepsychiatry consultation used for any emergency psychiatric patients like suicidal, homicidal, depressed, manic, or depressed for their evaluation and counseling. On-demand telepsychiatry is also called crisis telepsychiatry
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the novel virus SARS-coV-2. Almost every country has taken essential measures like complete lockdown, social distancing, large scale quarantine, etc. in order to prevent the spread of the virus. The complete lockdown has had a negative impact on the mental health of the people locked in homes. At the same time, those patients who were already suffering from any health problems were unable to visit hospitals. Thereby the demand for telemedicine including telepsychiatry has increased.
The Telepsychiatry Market has been witnessing rapid growth due to growing awareness about mental health and increasing demand for treatments of mental health among end-users. The many advantages associated with the adoption of telepsychiatry including better continuity of care and follow-up treatments, reduction in need of transportation, almost no delays in care, and the no need to wait long hours at hospitals, are aiding in the telepsychiatry market growth.
Information Technology and telecommunication equipment are also used to provide medical diagnoses even from a distance, and Telepsychiatry is exploiting it properly. Besides, it also removes the barrier and rural communities can also get benefitted. The Global Telepsychiatry Market has been anticipated to rise at a growth rate of 19.4% CAGR over the forecast period.