Mental eHealth & Telepsychiatry

The Covid-19 crisis is not only a crisis for society as a whole, but also a highly personal one for many people. Specific records from various social insurance providers have indirectly indicated an increase in mental illness for years, both independently and in connection with the crisis. The first lockdown in 2020 caused a disruption in care services, and the continuity of care for psychiatric patients has been a challenge for healthcare providers and the healthcare system per se for some time. Mobile apps and telemedicine largely lack evidence-based foundations in AT, and fears and reservations can be observed among psychiatric patients and professionals alike.

Project Duration: 20 November 2021 to 31 December 2022

• Improving the continuity of care for people with psychiatric illnesses
• Empowerment of patients in the cross-provider treatment process
• Risk-free provision of psychiatric consultations in times of pandemic and crisis and general expansion of telemedical services beyond this (mental, social and digital resilience)

• Bertha von Suttner Private University St. Pölten Psychology & Psychotherapy
• Barmherzige Brüder Eisenstadt Dept. f. Psychiatry
• FH Technikum Wien Medical Engineering & eHealth
• TU Vienna Institute for Spatial Planning Law
• TU Vienna Human Computer Interaction Group

Health and Quality of Life
Digital Innovation and Transformation
Inclusive, Social and Secure Society

KOSAR- Competence Center for Social Work

Dipl.-Ing. Esther Blaimschein BSc

Bertha von Suttner Privatuniversität St. Pölten GmbH
Campus-Platz 1, 3100 St. Pölten
esther.blaimschein@suttneruni.at
+43 676 847 228 831