Collaborative Video Consultations from Tertiary Care Based Telepsychiatrist to a Remote Primary Care Doctor to Manage Opioid Substitution Therapy Clinic

Collaborative Video Consultations from Tertiary Care Based Telepsychiatrist to a Remote Primary Care Doctor to Manage Opioid Substitution Therapy Clinic

Opioid use is a major problem in India and has high morbidity and mortality with a prevalence of 2.06%. There is a huge treatment gap for opioid use disorders (OUDs). Due to limited mental health resources and limited psychiatric training of medical practitioners in OUDs, a significant proportion of...

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Main Authors: Erika Pahuja, Santosh Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Fareed Uzzafar, Siddharth Sarkar, Narayana Manjunatha, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, C Naveen Kumar, Suresh Bada Math
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
primary care physician
buprenorphine
opioid
opioid substitution therapy clinic
ost
telepsychiatry
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1713293

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