Virtual psychiatric care fast-tracked: reflections inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic

Tea Rosic; Sandra Lubert; Zainab Samaan

doi:10.1192/bjb.2020.97

Virtual psychiatric care fast-tracked: reflections inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic

BJPsych Bull. 2022 Feb;46(1):33-36. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2020.97.

Authors

Tea Rosic¹, Sandra Lubert², Zainab Samaan¹

Affiliations

¹ McMaster University,Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
² Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

For many patients and healthcare providers, the move to virtual psychiatric care has been fast-tracked by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we consider a patient perspective and a provider perspective on the transition to virtual psychiatric care and its strengths and limitations, as well as a call for much-needed future research.

Keywords: COVID-19; Telemedicine; pandemic; telepsychiatry; virtual care.

Publication types

Review