Face-to-face and virtual psychiatric consultation in Pereira

The in-person psychiatric consultation, as its name suggests, is one in which the patient attends the psychiatrist's office and has been the traditional way of doing so.

If a virtual psychiatric consultation can be carried out; With the technological development of communications, it has been made easier for the meeting between the patient and the psychiatrist to be done through the cell phone, the computer, the tablet using WhatsApp, the video camera, Skype, Zoom, etc., without need for the patient to move from home and from any geographical location. The psychiatrist can also carry out the consultation while in her office or from any geographical location.

The advantages of virtual psychiatric consultation (telemedicine) favor contact between patients and their doctor and especially in the specialty of psychiatry where in the vast majority of cases physical contact is not required. This modality offers several advantages among them:

• It does not require moving from one place to another.
• Reduces transportation costs.
• The schedule for appointments is more flexible.
• There is visual contact between both parties.
• Appointments are made more quickly than in person.
• The process for communication is easy.
• If in-person consultation is required, the specialist will recommend it.

Schedule your in-person or virtual psychiatric consultation in Pereira with Psychiatrist Edgar Beltrán.