Two and a half years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly clear that telehealth has boosted access to mental healthcare and bolstered the workforce. But certain hurdles stand in the way of continued use, including resistance among some providers due...
Some of this increase is attributable to our ever-climbing world population. Statistically, the larger the global population, the higher the number of people who need mental health care. Another contributing variable is an uptick in mental health awareness. The general public knows more about mental...
The deaf population has traditionally been marginalized and underserved when it comes to mental health services. The inequity is partly due to a general lack of knowledge about hearing loss and a shortage of linguistically and culturally qualified clinicians in most parts of the United States. ...
For visits with children, mental health care providers get creative to replicate traditional play therapy. Jin Ju Lee, MA, is a psychiatric nurse at the Yale Child Study Center and a provider with IICAPS (Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services), in which care teams visit ...
Over a third of surveyed mental healthcare patients said that they have had a telehealth appointment that did not meet HIPAA standards.
Telehealth services for common mental health problems surged 16 to 20 fold during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than making up for a drop in in-person care that occurred during the period for a number of conditions, according to a new RAN
mental healthWhile telehealth may improve access to healthcare for some, it may also widen gaps in access across different economic groups. Using electronic health records for outpatient mental health care of patients with depression in a large U.S. academic health system, we assessed changes in ...
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the small portion of visits that took place virtually was generally through videoconference. However, as the pandemic worsened, the government began to remove barriers limiting telehealth access. The adjustment was intense for patients with mental health co...