Assessment of Telepsychiatry services provided by the Institute of Psychiatry during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

he past decades have witnessed a radical shift in the concept of mental health, its importance and the measures for providing care and treatment to individuals with mental disorders. It was found that most of people having mental illness receive no treatment. In Egypt, in order to promote equity of access to mental health services, there is encouragement of the development of community-based psychiatric units and outpatient facilities in each catchments area throughout the country and the passage of a new law for mental health is a good opportunity to achieve the long-sought-after objective of community integration