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The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals all over the world. Lower middle-income countries (LMICs) like Pakistan are even more vulnerable to its consequences, due to limited resources. To reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and meet the increasing mental health demands due to this trauma, psychiatry outpatient services have gone online in various countries. . We describe steps taken at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, to start these services during this pandemic. We also discuss the obstacles faced.
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This page is a summary of: Initiating psychiatry teleclinics during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, October 2020, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000668.
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