Table 3.

A comparison of concerns about telepsychiatry between child psychiatrists with no experience versus compared with those with multiple encounters

Item/Concern	No experience N = 361	Multiple encountersN = 221
The liability risks involved in TP are unknown	60.00%	18.18%*
Residency training is insufficient for one to become competent with TP	45.71%	4.54%*
Nonverbal cues are missed with TP	42.86%	40.91%
One cannot perform a physical exam with TP	42.86%	40.91%
One cannot manage emergencies related to safety with TP	40.00%	18.18%*
TP is not as effective as face-to-face psychiatry	40.00%	13.64%*
Poor internet connection is a roadblock to TP	40.00%	45.45%
Clinicians find TP to be too impersonal	40.00%	13.64%
Certain cultures will be less accepting of TP	40.00%	31.82%
Paranoid patients do not like TP	37.14%	18.18%*

TP telepsychiatry¹Overall child psychiatry N = 89; this is a comparison of two subgroups only

^*Significant with p < 0.05 in comparing no with significant experience (i.e., multiple encounters)