Which statement best describes early telepsychiatry methods?

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Early telepsychiatry focused on real-time, interactive communication that could approximate an in-person visit. Two-way television video conferencing provides live audio and visible nonverbal cues, allowing clinicians to observe affect, appearance, and behavior while engaging with the patient remotely. That live, face-to-face interaction is what made telepsychiatry useful in its early days. By contrast, email-based asynchronous communication lacks real-time interaction and visual information, while telephone-based audio misses nonverbal cues entirely, and in-person visits only aren’t telepsychiatry.