Unmask the mind! Importance of video consultations in psychiatry during COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru 560029, India.
² Tele Medicine Centre, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru 560029, India. Electronic address: manjunatha.adc@gmail.com.
³ Tele Medicine Centre, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru 560029, India.

Comment

Jagadisha Thirthalli et al. Schizophr Res. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:222:482-483.

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.06.005. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru 560029, India.
² Tele Medicine Centre, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru 560029, India. Electronic address: manjunatha.adc@gmail.com.
³ Tele Medicine Centre, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru 560029, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Mehta UM, Venkatasubramanian G, Chandra PS. Mehta UM, et al. Schizophr Res. 2020 Aug;222:503-504. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.033. Epub 2020 May 16. Schizophr Res. 2020. PMID: 32425355 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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