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From: Methodological appraisal of digital psychiatry readiness among Pakistani psychiatrists: gaps and recommendations

Table 2. Proposed LMIC-Tailored Framework for Digital Psychiatry Adoption: Three-Pillar Model with Pakistan-Specific Applications.

Pillar	Description	Pakistan application
Infrastructure Benchmarking	Evaluate hardware/internet readiness	Audit hospitals for VR/AI compatibility
Digital Health Literacy	Deliver clinician training	FCPS modules on telepsychiatry
Social Media Listening	Complementary systems-level analysis of public perceptions	Analyze digital discourse as a complementary strategy for population-level stigma monitoring

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VR: virtual reality; FCPS: Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons; LMICs: low- and middle-income countries.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the Deanship of Scientific Research at Shaqra University for providing institutional support for this study.

Author contributions

SBR: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing. KR: Investigation, Writing—original draft. MI: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. UT: Investigation, Writing—original draft. HNT: Methodology, Validation, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

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