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Review
. 2021 Aug;18(3):E10.
doi: 10.1192/bji.2021.19.

Cyberpsychiatry versus COVID-19: using video consultation to improve clinical care in an in-patient psychiatric unit

Sarah Moslehi  1 , Dominic Aubrey-Jones  1 , Melanie Knowles  1 , Janet Obeney-Williams  1 , Senem Leveson  1 , Golnar Aref-Adib  1
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Review

Cyberpsychiatry versus COVID-19: using video consultation to improve clinical care in an in-patient psychiatric unit

Sarah Moslehi et al. BJPsych Int. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unique challenges for in-patients across the National Health Service as visitors, both family and friends, are prevented from visiting patients owing to infection prevention and control measures. The Attend Anywhere platform was used as the basis of a quality improvement project to mitigate the detrimental effects of reduced social contact for patients. The use of video conferencing led to increased subjective satisfaction for both patients and healthcare professionals, thereby providing further evidence of the benefit that this emerging technology has on healthcare delivery.

Keywords: COVID-19; cyberpsychiatry; pandemic; telehealth; telepsychiatry.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors were employed by Camden and Islington NHS trust during the period described.

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Dr Moslehi and Dr Leveson using Attend Anywhere.
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Dr Aubrey-Jones, Esther (ward manager) and Dr Aref-Adib wearing PPE. All pictured individuals have given consent for their picture to be used in this paper.
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