Yuwaprasat child psychiatric hospital, Dept of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand
Dept of medicine
Orarat Choukuljaratsiri was graduated the medical degree (MD.) and the certificate of child and adolescent residency training from faculty of medicine Siriraj hospital, Mahidol university, Thailand, in 2011 and 2016. She began working as a child an adolescent psychiatrist at Yuwaprasart child and adolescent psychiatric hospital, Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand in 2016. She was also a researcher, a lecturer of child and adolescent residency training program, the head of Medical Record committee, Information Management committee, Medical Equipment committee, and vice of Patient Care Team.
She won the Michael Hong award from the congress of Asian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (ASCAPAP) in 2017, and the Outstanding New Researcher award from the Royal college of psychiatrist of Thailand in 2018. Apart from academic and service areas, she is also interested in mental health prevention and promotion. She received the Her Royal Highness Princess Sirinthon scholarship, to study the Master degree of Public Health (MPH) at University College Dublin, Ireland in 2019. Her current interest is the application of data and digital technology to mental health prevention and services, such as telepsychiatry, mental health chatbot, etc.
Presenter of 2 Presentations
MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR CHILD WHO LOST FAMILY MEMBER IN COVID EPIDEMIC
Date
Fri, 05.08.2022
Session Time
09:50 - 10:50
Session Type
LECTURES IN THAI
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Lecture Time
10:30 - 10:50
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NILE 1-2
TELEPSYCHIATRY SERVICES IN THAILAND, THE CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Date
Wed, 03.08.2022
Session Time
16:45 - 17:45
Session Type
ACCEPTED SYMPOSIUM
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Lecture Time
17:30 - 17:45
Room
NILE 4 - LIVE STREAMED
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Abstract
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Telepsychiatry is the application of telemedicine to the psychiatry services. The effectiveness of telepsychiatry depends on multiple factors, therefore, it had been rarely used by psychiatrists in Thailand. Nevertheless, the sudden pandemic in 2019 resulted in travel restriction and the disruption of mental health services’ accessibilities. Hence, Thai psychiatric hospitals have mandatorily offered telemedicine as an alternative option to the patients.In the early phase, the services were struggling in every hospital. Since there was no standard guideline, each setting had to design their individual telepsychiatry form. The applied devices and telemedicine platform were various in different hospitals. Nonetheless, the rapid adoption of technology could maintain the effective treatment to the patients. Shortly after that, telemedicine was legalized, and the regulation was launched. The statistical data related to telepsychiatry has been gathered from all public mental health hospitals in Thailand. The information was carefully evaluated and implemented into the best practice for telepsychiatry in Thailand. The most currently secure and effective telepsychiatry program application has also been created and is going to be applied in all public psychiatric hospitals soon.
Although the covid-19 situation in Thailand has been much improved, telepsychiatry is still widely used. However, there are limitations, such as inadequate digital skills of some providers and standard of quality improvement. More training in telepsychiatry and research in the field should be done in Thailand to deal with the limitations.