Establishing performance indicators of telemedicine-based "On-Consultation Training" of primary care doctors: An innovation to integrate psychiatry at primary care

• Main Authors: Narayana Manjunatha (Author), Kamaldeep Sadh (Author), Harihara N Shashidhara (Author), B R Manjunatha (Author), H P Shashank (Author), K Puttaswamy Ashwatha (Author), Rajani Parthasarathy (Author), Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar (Author), Suresh Bada Math (Author), Jagadisha Thirthalli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A "functional treatment gap" exists in primary care of India despite the higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders at primary care. Traditional classroom training for primary care doctors (PCDs) fails to translate into adequate clinical skills to provide basic psychiatric trea...