Tele-medicine and improvement of mental health problems in COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.

Hossein HatamiNiloofar DeraviBardia DanaeiMoein ZangiabadianAmir Hashem Shahidi BonjarAli KheradmandMohammad Javad Nasiri

Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research (2022)

The included studies in the current systematic review reported the probable efficacy of telemedicine in improving mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it is not possible to determine the best telecommunication method for each mental disorder in different populations and the preference of patients is still face to face therapy. So RCTs in different populations with previous mental disorders or chronic diseases are required to investigate the further telemedicine's efficacy on managing mental problems.

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