Changes in telepsychiatry regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic: 17 countries and regions' approaches to an evolving healthcare landscape.

Shotaro KinoshitaKelley CortrightAllison CrawfordYuya MizunoKazunari YoshidaDonald HiltyDaniel GuinartJohn TorousChristoph U CorrellDavid J CastleDeyvis RochaYuan YangYu-Tao XiangPernille KølbækDavid DinesMohammad ElShamiPrakhar JainRoy KallivayalilMarco SolmiAngela FavaroNicola VeroneseSoraya SeedatSangho ShinGonzalo Salazar de PabloChun-Hung ChangKuan-Pin SuHakan KarasJohn M KanePeter YellowleesTaishiro Kishimoto

Published in: Psychological medicine (2020)

Our results confirm that, due to COVID-19, the majority of countries surveyed are altering telemedicine regulations that had previously restricted the spread of telemedicine. These findings provide information that could guide future policy and regulatory decisions, which facilitate greater scale and spread of telepsychiatry globally.

Keyphrases

healthcare
coronavirus disease
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public health
health information
transcription factor
mental health
single cell