Covid-19: The last call for telepsychiatry

Andrea Amerio; Anna Odone; Lisa Marzano; Alessandra Costanza; Andrea Aguglia; Gianluca Serafini; Carlo Signorelli; S. Nassir Ghaemi; Mario Amore

doi:10.23750/abm.v91i3.10337

Covid-19: The last call for telepsychiatry

Authors

Andrea Amerio Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy; 3 Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Anna Odone Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Lisa Marzano Department of Psychology, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK
Alessandra Costanza Department of Psychiatry, ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
Andrea Aguglia Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Gianluca Serafini Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Carlo Signorelli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
S. Nassir Ghaemi Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Mario Amore Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Keywords:

Covid-19, Telepsychiatry, Continuity of care

Abstract

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