Context: Telepsychiatry is being practiced in India for many years but was formalized only in 2020. It has many advantages and disadvantages.
Aims: This study aimed to understand the perceived advantages and disadvantages of telepsychiatry practices in India.
Settings And Design: An online survey with ethics approval by the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) Ethics Review Board. All psychiatrists who are members of the IPS and whose email address was available with the society were sent the survey link by email.
Methodology: Information about existing telepsychiatry consultation practices in India and perception of advantages and disadvantages by the practitioners were collected between June and July 2020.
Statistical Analysis: Frequency, percentages, mean, and standard deviation were calculated.
Results: Responses by 340 responders were analyzed. Majority of the responders felt that telepsychiatry would provide easy accessibility to mental health services ( = 283, 83.24%) and would lead to less exposure to infections ( = 222, 65.29%). Half of the responders ( = 177, 52.06%) felt that there would be an increased doctor shopping resulting in poor care and nearly three-fourth ( = 245, 72.06%) felt that mental health professionals would fall into a problem while dealing with a suicidal or a homicidal patient. Some expressed that the inability to do physical and central nervous system examinations could lead to missing out comorbidities. About one-third ( = 117, 36.56%) felt that the patient recording the consultation would be a legal issue.
Conclusions: This online survey showed that psychiatrists perceive many advantages and some disadvantages in practicing telepsychiatry.
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