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Telemedicine-Based Tobacco Treatment Model in Primary Care from a Low-Resource Setting

Tobacco addiction is one of the leading causes of premature mortality. Early and effective intervention in primary care, though possible and feasible, is seldom done in India. This case series describes the diagnosis and management of three patients of tobacco addiction by a primary care doctor (PCD...

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Autores principales: Santhosh, Kumar Thamaraiselvan, Pant, Mani Bhushan, Uzzafar, Fareed, Manjunatha, Narayana, Kumar, C. Naveen, Math, Suresh Bada
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6984966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31992906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3399605
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Sumario:Tobacco addiction is one of the leading causes of premature mortality. Early and effective intervention in primary care, though possible and feasible, is seldom done in India. This case series describes the diagnosis and management of three patients of tobacco addiction by a primary care doctor (PCD) who is being trained in digitally driven four modules based “Primary Care Psychiatry Program” of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India. This article discusses about the way in which two modules (telepsychiatric on-consultation training and collaborative video consultation) helped a primary care doctor (M.B.P.) working approximately 1,500 miles away from an academic institute to treat tobacco dependence at a rural primary health center of India.