MedCity News February 24, 2025
Joseph Perekupka

It is time we realize that there is no single panacea for mental health; the need to break down barriers for working families and individuals in rural towns or underserved communities requires we move past a narrow definition of telehealth.

The urgent need to treat patients safely during the pandemic led to a telehealth boom. Telehealth opened the door to new treatment pathways for all of medicine, none more so than for therapy. While the promise of teletherapy to expand access to care is significant, the reality is it does not serve the needs of all those seeking treatment – and in fact, for many, it continues to keep behavioral health care out of reach.

Consider a factory worker who...

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