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Publication: IIP Proceedings Year: 2022, Month: November Page No: 213-228, ISSN/ISBN: 978-93-95632-96-6, DOI/Link: https://rsquarel.org/assets/docupload/rsl2023F0482192EBFA282.pdf
FUTURISTIC TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY
Area/Stream: Medical Sciences, Authors: Dr. Neena Sawant, Dr. Elvin Lukose Keywords: mental health, digital health technology, artificial intelligence, telepsychiatry. Book Name /series: Futuristic Trends in Medical Science,Volume 2, Book 22, Part 3, Chapter 4Publication: IIP Proceedings Year: 2022, Month: November Page No: 213-228, ISSN/ISBN: 978-93-95632-96-6, DOI/Link: https://rsquarel.org/assets/docupload/rsl2023F0482192EBFA282.pdf
Abstract:
Advances in Technology dictate the zeitgeist of the ways in which people interact with the world. Healthcare is an integral part of life and one’s access to and experience of the health care delivery determine the perception of its efficacy and the overall attitudes of individuals. The field of medicine cannot afford to lag behind in technology if it has to cater to the needs of a growing population. Many global events in the 20th century and the covid pandemic in the recent past have highlighted the need and benefits of incorporating never technologies in providing the best healthcare possible for our generation. Mental Health is receiving more attention than ever and this beckons for a revolutionary but gradual change in the methods by which mental health professionals can serve our mental health needs. Digital Health Technologies are already in use in many fields of medicine and psychiatry is beginning to see its potential from community mental health to personalized care in a smartphone device. While randomized controlled trials are still underway, research up till now has shown some promise for digital health technologies in the form of smartphone apps, chatbots, artificial intelligence and robots for psychiatric disorders. Approaching this paradigm shift requires one to be optimistic but at the same time realistic in the way they help the patients and the clinicians involved in their care, without losing touch with the ‘human-ness’ that connects us all. The Tele-psychiatry Guidelines 2020, published in India during the Covid Pandemic has been a guide to tweaking the existing mental health services. However, legal hassles and technical problems have been hindrances in the adoption of telepsychiatry in routine practice. As both patients and clinicians become aware of the optionality that opens up from telepsychiatric services and begin to familiarize themselves with the technology, tele-psychiatric services could ease the burden on the healthcare system while providing quality services.
Cite this: Dr. Neena Sawant, Dr. Elvin Lukose,"FUTURISTIC TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY", Futuristic Trends in Medical Science,Volume 2, Book 22, Part 3, Chapter 4, November, 2022, 213-228, 978-93-95632-96-6, https://rsquarel.org/assets/docupload/rsl2023F0482192EBFA282.pdf
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