Child and Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges of Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics.
Mariela MoshevaYael BarzilaiNimrod Hertz-PalmorEhud Mekori-DomachevskyAsia AvinirGalit ErezNoa VardiGila SchoenTal LahavHadar SadehMichal RapaportChen DrorAlex GizuntermanShlomit TsafrirDoron GothelfYuval BlochPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The activity of C&A psychiatric outpatient clinics did not rise but was guarded due to the use of telepsychiatry. The decline in visits of new patients was explained by the lack of use of telepsychiatry for these patients. This calls for expanding the use of telepsychiatry, especially for new patients.