Telepsychiatry for conflict-affected settings: Feasibility, ethics, barriers and prospects

Sheikh Shoib; Aishatu Yusha'u Armiya'u; Thiago Henrique Roza; Fahimeh Saeed; Sarya Swed; Nigar Arif; Chan Park; Miyuru Chandradasa

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103203

Telepsychiatry for conflict-affected settings: Feasibility, ethics, barriers and prospects

Asian J Psychiatr. 2022 Sep:75:103203. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103203. Epub 2022 Jul 15.

Authors

Sheikh Shoib¹, Aishatu Yusha'u Armiya'u², Thiago Henrique Roza³, Fahimeh Saeed⁴, Sarya Swed⁵, Nigar Arif⁶, Chan Park⁷, Miyuru Chandradasa⁸

Affiliations

¹ Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial hospital, Directorate of Health Services, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Psychiatry, College of Medical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, University Teaching Hospital Bauchi state, Nigeria. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Republican Psychiatric Hospital, Azerbaijan. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ 2nd year Resident at UCLA-VA Psychiatry Residency Program, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35870308
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103203

Abstract

Telehealth is being broadly developed in all fields of medicine, and online visits seem a particularly suitable alternative to in-person visits in outpatient psychiatry especially in conflict setting. Telepsychiatry has numerous advantages over in-person visits.

Keywords: Conflict; Mental health; Telepsychiatry; Trauma.

MeSH terms

Feasibility Studies
Humans
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Psychiatry*
Telemedicine*