Telepsychiatry and face-to-face psychiatric consultations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: patients being heard and seen.
Jeffrey C L LooiStephen AllisonTarun BastiampillaiWilliam PringMeshary Khaled N AlotibyPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2021)
Private psychiatrists and patients continued using the new telehealth-items during 2020-2021. This compensated for decreases in face-to-face consultations and resulted in an overall increase in the total patient contacts compared to 2018-2019.