ReviewJMIR mental health2023
Psychiatric Treatment Conducted via Telemedicine Versus In-Person Modality in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mood Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in JMIR mental health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Different psychological interventions for perinatal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of telemedicine applications in mental health services: a meta-analysis study.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Pooled it
- Reducing outpatient wait times through telemedicine: a systematic review and quantitative analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- The therapeutic relationship in in-person, video call, and telephone psychotherapy sessions.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Evaluating the shift in psychiatric care: Associations between remote consultation use and clinical outcomes in a large longitudinal cohort.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring Video Consultations Across the Public and Private Sectors in Norway: Semistructured Interview Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Attitudes Toward Video Consultations From the Perspective of Physicians and Psychotherapists in German Outpatient Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Molecular pathways linking chronic psychological stress to accelerated aging: mechanisms and interventions.Frontiers in aging · 2026Review
- [Who uses video consultations in a psychiatric outpatient clinic? : Demographic analysis of the use of video consultations from billing data between 2021 and 2023].Der Nervenarzt · 2026Article
- Tele-based continuous care and treatment compliance in dialysis patients with and without depression: the serial mediating effect of nurse-patient relationship and health belief.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- PTSD and complex PTSD, current treatments and debates: a review of reviews.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- Evaluating Telepsychiatric Assessment Satisfaction in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Their Caregivers: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Comparing Telemedicine and In-Person Psychological Interventions for Anxiety: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Determinants of Patient Use of Telemental Health Services: Representative Cross-Sectional Survey From Germany.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Determinants of Patient Satisfaction With Telemental Health Services in Germany: Representative Cross-Sectional Postpandemic Survey Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Examining the Influence of In-Person and Telehealth Intervention on Outcomes Using Real-World Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Real-world evaluation of an evidence-based telemental health program for PTSD symptoms.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Capturing Patients' and Clinicians' Experiences of Using Video Consultations in Mental Health Outpatient Services: Qualitative Thematic Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Device, Internet and Videoconferencing Use Amongst Individuals with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundTelemedicine has played a vital role in providing psychiatric treatment to patients during the rapid transition of services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the use of telemedicine is expected to expand within the psychiatric field. The efficacy of telemedicine is well described in scientific literature. However, there is a need for a comprehensive quantitative review that analyzes and considers the different clinical outcomes and psychiatric diagnoses.
objectiveThis paper aimed to assess whether individual psychiatric outpatient treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders in adults using telemedicine is equivalent to in-person treatment.
methodsA systematic search of randomized controlled trials was conducted using recognized databases for this review. Overall, 4 outcomes were assessed: treatment efficacy, levels of patient satisfaction, working alliance, and attrition rate. The inverse-variance method was used to summarize the effect size for each outcome.
resultsA total of 7414 records were identified, and 20 trials were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. The trials included posttraumatic stress disorder (9 trials), depressive disorder (6 trials), a mix of different disorders (4 trials), and general anxiety disorder (1 trial). Overall, the analyses yielded evidence that telemedicine is comparable with in-person treatment regarding treatment efficacy (standardized mean difference -0.01, 95% CI -0.12 to 0.09; P=.84; I
conclusionsThis meta-analysis provided new knowledge on individual telemedicine interventions that were considered equivalent to in-person treatment regarding efficacy, patient satisfaction, working alliance, and attrition rates across diagnoses. The certainty of the evidence regarding efficacy was rated as moderate. Furthermore, high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed to strengthen the evidence base for treatment provided via telemedicine in psychiatry, particularly for personality disorders and a range of anxiety disorders where there is a lack of studies. Individual patient data meta-analysis is suggested for future studies to personalize telemedicine.
trial registrationPROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42021256357; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=256357.
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