How does an online psychiatrist consultation work?
An online psychiatrist consultation in India works much like an in-person visit, with the clinic room replaced by a secure video or voice call. You book a time by contact form, phone, or WhatsApp, and the clinic confirms your appointment with a psychiatrist. At the scheduled time you join the call from a private space with a stable internet connection. The psychiatrist takes a detailed history, asks about your symptoms, sleep, mood, and daily functioning, and forms a clinical assessment. Depending on what you need, the session can cover evaluation and diagnosis, a treatment plan, medication management, or a referral to a psychologist for talk therapy. Follow-up appointments track progress and adjust the plan over time. At Dr Vohra's, online consultations run in English and Hindi and reach patients in all 28 Indian states and more than 40 countries, with in-person visits available at the New Delhi clinic whenever preferred.
In practice, the process has four steps:
- Book: send the website contact form, call +91-9999249223, or message the same number on WhatsApp. The team confirms a slot and shares the current consultation fee.
- Prepare: choose a quiet, private spot, check your internet connection, and keep a short note of your main concerns, current medicines, and any earlier reports or prescriptions.
- Consult: the psychiatrist listens, asks structured questions, and explains the assessment and the proposed next steps in plain language, with time for your questions.
- Follow up: review appointments are scheduled as needed to monitor progress, adjust treatment, and cover anything that has come up between sessions.
What can a psychiatrist handle online?
A thorough psychiatric evaluation does not depend on being in the same room. Over a video call, a psychiatrist can assess your symptoms, take a complete history, arrive at a working diagnosis, and plan treatment with you. Online consultations at Dr Vohra's cover:
- Evaluation and diagnosis for concerns such as depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and sleep disorders
- Medication management: starting, reviewing, or adjusting treatment under the psychiatrist's supervision
- Regular follow-up appointments, which suit the online format particularly well
- Referrals to the clinic's psychologists for talk therapy such as CBT, REBT, or DBT
- Support for stress, burnout, grief, anger management, and relationship difficulties
Some situations need more than a video call. Anyone at immediate risk of harming themselves or others needs emergency care, not an appointment. Conditions that require a physical examination, hospital admission, or closely supervised treatment are better managed in person, and the psychiatrist will say so plainly if that applies to you and help you plan the right next step.
Is consulting a psychiatrist online legitimate?
Telemedicine psychiatry is an established form of care in India. The clinic behind this service, Vohra Neuropsychiatry Centre Pvt. Ltd., has operated since 1998. Its founder, Dr. Sandeep Vohra, MBBS, MD (Psychiatry), has more than 30 years of clinical experience, pioneered private-sector telemedicine psychiatry in India, and serves as Chairperson of Digital Mental Health at the Indian Psychiatric Society. The psychiatrists you consult online are the same clinicians who see patients at the New Delhi clinic. You can read about them on the team page and about the full range of clinical care on offer.
Is an online session private and confidential?
Yes. Consultations take place over secure video and voice calls, and the same clinical confidentiality that applies in the consulting room applies on a call. What you discuss stays between you and your clinician, subject to the standard exceptions every mental health professional follows, such as an immediate risk to life. You can protect your own side of the conversation by joining from a room where you will not be overheard and by using headphones. How the clinic handles personal information is set out in the privacy policy.
What technology do you need?
Very little. If you can make a video call to family, you can attend an online consultation. You need:
- A smartphone, tablet, or computer with a working camera and microphone
- A stable internet connection
- A private, quiet space for the duration of the session
- Nothing else: a voice call is available when video is not possible or not comfortable
Sessions are held in English and Hindi, so you can speak in whichever language you think in.
Who consults a psychiatrist online?
Since 1998 the clinic has touched more than 30,000 lives, with patients from all 28 Indian states and over 40 countries. Online consultations serve people in towns without a psychiatrist nearby, professionals who cannot take half a day off for a clinic visit, students away from home, families coordinating care for a parent, and Indians abroad who want a consultation in English or Hindi. Many patients mix formats: an online first consultation followed by in-person visits at the East Patel Nagar clinic in New Delhi, or the reverse when travel becomes difficult.
How do you book, and what does it cost?
Consultation fees are not published on the website; they depend on the type of session, and the team shares current pricing when you reach out through the contact form, by phone, or on WhatsApp. Booking is deliberately simple: get in touch, and the team schedules a time with the psychiatrist. If your plans change, cancellations and rescheduling are covered by the refunds and cancellations policy.