title: Telecommunications in psychiatry.
abstract: Because technological innovations will enable geographic proximity to be replaced eventually by electronic proximity, telecommunication systems could play a substantial role in psychiatry's future. As a result, the uses, advantages, and limitations of interactive television and videotelephones for psychiatric service and training are discussed.
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013685:Telecommunications; D013689:Telephone; D013690:Television; D014481:United States