Medical Xpress September 28, 2022
New research led by the National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR) Mental Health Policy Research Unit (MHPRU) at King’s College London and University College London (UCL) has shown that certain groups of people benefit from the freedom of choice that telemental health care care provides, but this is not true for all.
The research, published today in the Interactive Journal of Medical Research, investigates which telemental health care approaches work (or do not work), for whom, in which contexts, and through which mechanisms. Telemental health care was found to be effective overall, but researchers highlight that there is no “one size fits all.”
Telemental health care (or telemedicine) is mental health care—patient care, administrative activities and health education—delivered...