Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Tele-mental health during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

1Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

2Professor of Psychiatry, Head of Telemedicine Centre and Head of Forensic Psychiatry Services, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

*Correspondence: Dr. Mythili Hazarika, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India, hazarika.mythili@gmail.com

Online published on 27 August, 2020.

Abstract

This editorial highlights the origin of telemedicine in India, and discusses the present and explores the possibilities in the future in the context of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Keywords

Quarantine, Tsunamis, Technology