Telepsychiatry: 'Tele' yes, but what about the 'psychiatry'?

Michael F. Baigent; Chris J. Lloyd; Steve J. Kavanagh; David I. Ben-Tovim; Peter Mackinlay Yellowlees; Ross S. Kalucy; Malcolm J. Bond

Telepsychiatry: 'Tele' yes, but what about the 'psychiatry'?

Michael F. Baigent, Chris J. Lloyd, Steve J. Kavanagh, David I. Ben-Tovim, Peter Mackinlay Yellowlees, Ross S. Kalucy, Malcolm J. Bond

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Abstract

To investigate what is lost or gained in a psychiatric evaluation when it takes place via telepsychiatry we compared the inter-rater reliability between two psychiatrists interviewing 63 subjects in an observer/interviewer split configuration in telepsychiatry and same-room settings. The measures used were the BPRS and interviewer ratings from a semi-structured interview. Patients also rated their experience. There were some clear differences between the telepsychiatry and same-room evaluations. Despite these variations, diagnoses were as reliably made by telepsychiatry. Patient acceptance of telepsychiatry was high.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3-5
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Volume	3
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

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Health Informatics

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