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Coronavirus has boosted telehealth care in mental health, so let's keep it up

  • Written by Ian Hickie, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
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Australia’s health system has embraced telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, with patients getting care online, by video or by phone. But what happens to this post-pandemic is uncertain.

Unfortunately, the pandemic’s spatial isolation converted quickly into social isolation, and this created stress...

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