Medical Xpress October 11, 2021
During a time when healthcare professionals could no longer see patients in person, how did providers deliver mental health services to clients? The answer? Telehealth.
Telehealth uses both audio and video communication to deliver health care where providers and patients cannot be in the same room. When applied to mental health, this method is known as telepsychiatry. Although the use of telepsychiatry is not new, it was greatly underused prior to the pandemic.
“When health-care providers turned to telepsychiatry in place of face-to-face service delivery, the impact it would have on those with mental health conditions was unknown,” said University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing assistant professor Dr. Hua Li (Ph.D.). “But mental health care is vital to manage...
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