Ashok Reddy K2019-11-162019-11-162010-08Ashok Reddy K. Information Technology & psychiatry. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2010 Aug-Dec; 11(2): 7-112249-5851http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/183788The advances in the area of Information Technology has a pervasive influence on the society. There is no field whereIT cannot help in improving its quality. IT has improved the processing speed of information, ease with which informationcan be transferred and shared. It is bringing more transparency in services and made the life more comfortable. Thruthis paper I am putting my humble efforts to share with mental health professionals how Information Technology(IT)and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) can help us and our clients to improve the quality, reliability,convenience, comfort, cost effectiveness and development of services. I have discussed various areas within the fieldof mental health to which IT and ITES can contribute. This article is also intended to stimulate all our colleagues tostart using and using more of IT and ITES in psychiatric practice. Tele-medicine and Tele-psychiatry are usedinterchangeably in this article as we are also physicians and will be interacting with other medical colleagues' whiledelivering the services.Information Technology(It)Information Technology Enabled Services (ites)PsychiatryJournal ArticleIndiaProfessor of psychiatry, Institute of mental health, Hyderabad. AP. India.