Archives of Mental Health (Jan 2010)
Information Technology & psychiatry
Abstract
The advances in the area of Information Technology has a pervasive influence on the society. There is no field where IT cannot help in improving its quality. IT has improved the processing speed of information, ease with which information can be transferred and shared. It is bringing more transparency in services and made the life more comfortable. Thru this paper I am putting my humble efforts to share with mental health professionals how Information Technology(IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) can help us and our clients to improve the quality, reliability, convenience, comfort, cost effectiveness and development of services. I have discussed various areas within the field of mental health to which IT and ITES can contribute. This article is also intended to stimulate all our colleagues to start using and using more of IT and ITES in psychiatric practice. Tele-medicine and Tele-psychiatry are used interchangeably in this article as we are also physicians and will be interacting with other medical colleagues' while delivering the services.
