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Supporting Primary Care Through Pediatric Telepsychiatry

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
29 January 2009

Abstract

This paper describes a pediatric telepsychiatry program serving communities in rural Ontario, Canada. Since the program's inception in 2000, over 4,300 direct clinical consultations have been provided for a variety of presenting issues. Indirect consultations and educational sessions have augmented clinicians' knowledge. Participant evaluation of the program indicates that a comprehensive model of psychiatric consultation and education can be delivered effectively via live interactive videoconferencing to support primary care and to enhance capacity in remote, underserviced areas in Ontario.

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Cet article porte sur un programme de télépsychiatrie pédiatrique mis en place dans des communautés rurales de l'Ontario. Depuis ses débuts, en 2000, le programme a permis d'offrir plus de 4 300 consultations cliniques directes en psychiatrie au cours desquelles différents problèmes ont été traités. Des consultations indirectes (c'est-à-dire par l'intermédiaire d'autres intervenants euxmêmes en contact avec des psychiatres) et des sessions de formation ont aussi permis d'accroître les compétences des intervenants installés dans la communauté. L'évaluation du programme que les participants ont faites montre que ce modèle intégré de consultations et de formation en psychiatrie, qui s'appuie sur des vidéoconférences, est efficace: il constitue une nette amélioration des services à l'étape des soins primaires, ce qui est important dans des régions éloignées, où les services se font souvent trop rares.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 27Number 2September 2008
Pages: 139 - 151

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Version of record online: 29 January 2009

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Antonio Pignatiello
Telepsychiatry Program, Hospital for Sick Children and Division of Child Psychiatry, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario
Katherine Boydell
Community Health Systems Resource Group, Child Health Evaluative Sciences Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Psychiatry and Dalla Lama School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario
John Teshima
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Tiziana Volpe
Community Health Systems Resource Group, Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Ontario

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