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We have a couple more sessions to go, so tune into our session: Digital Psychiatry and the service user experience in a pandemic with Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian, Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa (from @QMUL) & Millie Smith @milliesmith1979 #RCPsychIC

Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian will be discussing first

Telepsychiatry in the UK: how digital tech transformed mental health provision

We're moving into the 5th industrial revolution. We are in Internet age soon to become cyber.

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AI will be moving into psychiatry and will cause more scrutiny, which will give better healthcare

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Negative implications of digitalisation in psychiatry

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Other potential problems with digitisation

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After one session skepticism is reduced. Patients still prefer seeing doctors face to face, however, wait time is significantly reduced.

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Case study: schizophrenia

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Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian

Golden rules: a post-pandemic virtual future

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We are at this stage in digitisation

The first car...

Over time we will become much more advanced with the continuation of digitisation

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Next up Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa (from @QMUL) who is speaking about what it is like to have a Phone Pal

We recruited volunteers for this study, mean age was 31.

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Reasons why volunteers took part:

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What the volunteers and patients spoke about in their communications. Some even met up. Some difficulties were that they were busy, or not able to use their smartphones.

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Positive impacts of the Phone Pal study.

Thank you for speaking about this topic Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa (from @QMUL)

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Welcome Millie Smith @MillieSmith1979 Matt Preston and Satwinder Kaur.

Everything this team does is co produced with people with lived experience. Talking about how they have adapted during COVID-19

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Combat loneliness is to have a regular routine in combatting this.

Art is also a great way to express emotions

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Poem written and read by Satwinder Kaur #RCPsychIC #KINDNESS

Q&A

have you had any problems with digital inclusion e.g. no access to internet/wifi

Millie: moved online quickly, had to learn quickly, a lot of our patients were excluded as time went on - we recruited people to help with this eg providing kit with people that cant afford it

How many people were involved in the staff survey?
22/30 people responded

Any daily questionnaires how patients are coping day to day/find out their coping strategies more-difficult remotely - no but a good idea, patient feedback is really important

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Empathy is really important so sometimes initial face2face consultation is mandatory and then after they are online. Telephone conversations with addictions can miss things out, so in some circumstances face to face is more important Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian

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