<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>With the covid-19 pandemic and the related restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus, the interaction between doctor and patient has changed, especially in the outpatients department. Thus, the need for remote consultations also appeared in the Romanian health system, especially in the psychiatric one. Although in other countries psychiatrists were familiar with this form of consultation, for Romanian psychiatrists, who were not trained either in residency or during medical school, it was a great challenge. If until March 2020 the patient’s consultation had to be performed only in the physical presence of a doctor, once the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, the Romanian government and the president, through the legislative acts issued, provided a legal framework for conducting this remote consultations. With the advent of telepsychiatry, discussions arose in the psychiatric community about the advantages and disadvantages of this type of consultation.</p></abstract>

With the covid-19 pandemic and the related restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus, the interaction between doctor and patient has changed, especially in the outpatients department. Thus, the need for remote consultations also appeared in the Romanian health system, especially in the psychiatric one. Although in other countries psychiatrists were familiar with this form of consultation, for Romanian psychiatrists, who were not trained either in residency or during medical school, it was a great challenge. If until March 2020 the patient’s consultation had to be performed only in the physical presence of a doctor, once the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, the Romanian government and the president, through the legislative acts issued, provided a legal framework for conducting this remote consultations. With the advent of telepsychiatry, discussions arose in the psychiatric community about the advantages and disadvantages of this type of consultation.

Telepsychiatry in the Romanian Health System During COVID-19 Pandemic

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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With the covid-19 pandemic and the related restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus, the interaction between doctor and patient has changed, especially...

Telepsychiatry in the Romanian Health System During COVID-19 Pandemic

Published Online: Oct 23, 2020

Page range: 75 - 77

Received: Jul 04, 2020

Accepted: Aug 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0056

Keywords
telepsychiatry, Romanian health system, COVID-19 pandemic, remote consultation

© 2020 Ciprian Băcilă et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Telepsychiatry in the Romanian Health System During COVID-19 Pandemic

Published Online: Oct 23, 2020

Page range: 75 - 77

Received: Jul 04, 2020

Accepted: Aug 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0056

Keywordstelepsychiatry, Romanian health system, COVID-19 pandemic, remote consultation

© 2020 Ciprian Băcilă et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
telepsychiatry, Romanian health system, COVID-19 pandemic, remote consultation