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Sociodemographic and clinical data was extracted from all patients who utilized our telepsychiatry services in a semi-structured proforma for retrospective analysis using frequency tables.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 102 patients benefitted from our telepsychiatry services. Out of which, 66.7% were adults between 21 and 40 years, with slight female preponderance (55.9%) and majority (78.4%) participants living in urban areas. About 70.6% were graduates with 41.2% participants belonging to either private or public service. One-third of the participants were IT professionals. Around 59.8% participants had past history of psychiatric illness and 40.2% had new onset illness. The diagnostic distribution included depressive disorder (28.4%), anxiety disorder (26.4%), psychotic disorder (21.6%) and obsessive compulsive disorder (9.8%) and others (13.8).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Telepsychiatry has emerged as an important consultation modality in this COVID-19 pandemic. 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