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S148 25th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 41S (2017) S106–S169
Objectives and aims The aimof the study was to examine doctors’
attitude to telemedicine and usefulness of Platform ‘Moneo’ in the
therapy of the areas other than psychiatry.
Methods The first part was the polish telemedical project (grant
no. POIG.01.04.00–04–219/12) conducted to assess medical Plat-
form ‘Moneo’. It was based on a questionnaire filled by participants
in scale 1 to 5. The second study based on authors’ anonymous ques-
tionnaires was distributed amongst 105 psychiatrists from Poland.
Results Everybody noticed advantages of medical platform.
The Platform’s functionalities, rated as the best by healthcare
directors were: educational materials, appointment and therapy
planning. Managers indicated parts, which could be improved
in e-prescribing system, the process of collecting information
about hospitalizations and operations. Functionalities indicated
by doctors as desirable to increase the utility of the platform is
e-prescribing system, reporting side effects, planning visits, edu-
cational materials. In study addressed to psychiatrists, only 15% of
them claimed to have an extensive knowledge on telepsychiatry,
but they had confirmed the potential of telemedicine in psychiatry.
Conclusion Telemedicine is a useful method, which can improve
quality of healthcare services and make an access to it possible
for some people. However, lots of improvements in telemedical
services are needed to make it an efficient medical tool.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Smartphone for mental health
patients: A double-edged weapon?
M. Mâalej ∗, M. Turki , C. Nada , S. Hentati , O. Sana ,
Z. Nassreddine , Z. Lobna , B.T. Jihène , M. Mohamed
Hedi Chaker University Hospital Faculty of Medicine Of Sfax,
Psychiatry “C”, Sfax, Tunisia
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction The current development of new technologies ded-
icated to healthcare, such as smartphones, provides an interesting
opportunity to improve both assessment and follow-up of different
illnesses, particularly mental diseases.
Aim To investigate, the contributions and risks of smartphone
use among mental health patients.
Methods We conducted a literature research of PubMed and Sci-
encedirect using the key words “smartphone”; “bipolar disorder”;
“schizophrenia”; “anxiety disorders”; “addiction”; “dementia”.
Results Literature data provide several examples of the use of the
smartphone’s features for patient monitoring. One such example
involved patients with Alzheimer disease. An attempt to deal with
the risk of wandering was proposed with the use of the Android
app iWander, which works by using the smartphone’s GPS to track
the patient at all times. As for bipolar disorder, several applica-
tions have been proposed both for diagnostic ic instruments. . .) and
interventional purposes (applications that offer subjects psycho-
education in the form of emotional self-awareness. . .). Several
other applications can be used in the management of schizophre-
nia, social anxiety disorder and addictions. Along with its obvious
benefits, however, the smartphone use has a dark side. Problematic
smartphone use is one form of behavioral addiction recently iden-
tified. In addition, the access to Internet through the smartphone
opens the door to Internet addiction and its sub-types (cybersexual
addiction, cyber-relationship addiction. . .).
Conclusion The use of smartphone for medical purposes must be
cautious among mental health patients, because of a field of vul-
nerability that promotes the appearance of other mental diseases,
especially addictions, which may darken their prognosis.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW0128
Online clinic, a new method of
delivering psychotherapy
M. Omrani ∗, N. Alavi , M. Rivera , S. Khalid-Khan
1 Rutgers University, Brain Health Institute, Piscataway, USA
2 University of Toronto, Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada
3 Queen’s University, Psychiatry, Kingston, Canada
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Psychotherapy is one of the most widely investi-
gated and practiced forms of treatment used in the treatment of
differentmental health problems. However, there are some barriers
in delivering this treatment, including long waiting lists, therapist
shortage and lack of access to therapists in remote areas. There-
fore, using alternative methods to overcome these barriers seems
necessary.
Method The division of psychiatry at Queen’s university provides
different psychotherapy groups for individuals suffering from dif-
ferent kinds of mental health problem. We gave the participants
the opportunity to choose online psychotherapy through an online
clinic or the live group sessions. All the patients were assessed
by different questionnaires for evaluation of the efficacy of the
treatment. The online clinic was designed to facilitate the com-
munication between patients and clinicians and the material was
delivered in PowerPoint format through the online platform. All
user activities were logged for security purposes.
Results Statistical analysis showed that this method of delivering
psychotherapy significantly reduced patients’ symptoms and also
decreased the number of people on the waiting list and increased
the amount of compliance in patient’s taking part in psychotherapy
and number of people who were able to receive psychotherapy.
Conclusion Despite the proven short and long-term efficacy of
psychotherapy, there are some barriers indelivering this treatment.
It is an unequivocal public health needs to overcome these barri-
ers through alternative methods of therapy. With Internet use ever
rising, developing an online clinic could be a newway in delivering
different kinds of psychotherapy.
Disclosure of interest I am a co-founder at the Canarmony Corp,
which has developed an online psychotherapy platform named
OPTT.
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New technologies in suicide
prevention
M. Pompili
Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Neurosciences, Mental
Health and Sensory Organs, Rome, Italy
Introduction The use of new technologies is beginning to be
embraced by volunteers and professionals, from crisis lines, sui-
cide prevention centers, mental health centers, researchers and
politicians.
Objectives New technologies have entered the field of suicide
prevention with high expectations for the future, despite a rela-
tively slow start. Internet, smartphones, apps, social networks and
self-help computer programs have a strong potential to achieve,
sustain and help people at risk of suicide, their families, teachers,
health professionals and for the survivors.
Aims To provide comprehensive overview on the role of new
technologies in suicide prevention.
Methods Given the relatively early and underdeveloped state of
this area of inquiry, the author viewed his task as gathering and
critically appraising the available research relevant to the topic,
with the aim of formulating a hypothesis to be tested with further
research.
Results New cheaper services will soon be available to effectively
reach and assist the most vulnerable people and prevent suicides.