Open AccessEffectiveness of teleconsultation use in access to mental health services during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
Author(s) -
Eddy Peralta,
Marisol Taveras
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_1047_20
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , mental health , pandemic , anxiety , medicine , social distance , depression (economics) , telemedicine , telehealth , health care , public health , telepsychiatry , family medicine , psychiatry , nursing , disease , covid-19 , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , law , economics , macroeconomics
The unique aspects of the global situation with respect to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic places a significant burden on health and mental health services. During this period, there has been an increased demand in mental health-care services, whose prepandemic access was lower than necessary in many developing countries and is currently limited by international social distancing recommendations and protocols.