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ReviewForensic sciences research2024

Telepsychology revolution in the mental health care delivery: a global overview of emerging clinical and legal issues.

Sara Sablone, Mara Bellino, Valeria Lagona, Tamara Patrizia Franco, Matthew Groicher, Roberta Risola, Maria Grazia Violante, Ignazio Grattagliano

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Review in Forensic sciences research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Sara SabloneSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Mara BellinoSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Valeria LagonaSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Tamara Patrizia FrancoDepartment of Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Matthew GroicherDepartment of Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Roberta RisolaDepartment of Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Maria Grazia ViolanteDepartment of Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Ignazio GrattaglianoDepartment of Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote healthcare delivery by technological devices has become a growing practice. It represented an unprecedented change in personal and professional activities, allowing health specialists to continue working online by assisting their patients from home. Psychological practice greatly benefited from this innovation, guaranteeing diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness through cyber counseling. However, in many countries there have been no enactments of specific laws nor adaptations of the professional deontological code aimed at regulating this new psychological practice dimension, generally defined as telepsychology. This article aims to briefly review the scientific literature on this tool's effectiveness and especially analyze the legal and operational framework in which telepsychology has been to date practiced in Italy and other national realities, thus providing a global overview that may be useful to understand how to improve this valuable but still immature practice. Key points: The coronavirus pandemic exposed to short- and long-term increase in psychological and psychiatric imbalances.Cyber counseling has been proven to be effective to treat a wide range of psychological disorders.Many of the current national and international legislations concerning the telepsychology practice are still immature.

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cyber counselingguidelinesjuridical regulationtelehealthtelepsychology

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PMCPMC11369075

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