ANCIPS 2022 Vizag – Symposium Abstract Telepsychiatry: A pathbreaking way forward

Telepsychiatry, even though old, observed a major change across the world in this covid era. In this symposium, we focus on innovation of tele-consultation, tele-training/ tele-education, and public health aspect of telepsychiatry and its implementation across our country. 1.Public health aspect of telepsychiatry: Dr Suresh Bada Math, Professor of Psychiatry, Head, Tele-Medicine Centre & Forensic Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru sureshbm@gmail.com Covers youtube channel, telepsychiatry guidelines, e-MANAS, etc; 2.Tele-consultation: Dr N Manjunatha, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru manjunatha.adc@gmail.com. Covers various model of tele-consultations such as tele-triage, TAC, TEA clinic, etc; 3.Tele-training/ Tele-Education: Dr C Naveen Kumar, Professor of Psychiatry, Head, Community Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru cnkumar1974@gmail.com. Covers various digital courses and its implementation across country; 4.Designing the tele-curriculum for sleep module for primary care: Dr Ravi Gupta, Additional Professor of Psychiatry, Head, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Rishikesh. Designing and rationale for the tele-curriculum for sleep module for primary care sleepdoc.ravi@gmail.com; 5.Opportunities and Challenges of Telepsychiatry in India: Dr Pankaj Kumar, Additional Professor of Psychiatry, Head, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Patna drpankajkumar@aiimspatna.org, drpankajkumar13@yahoo.co.in.