Psychiatry, Mental Health Nursing and Healthcare

Tele Psychiatry

Telemedicine is the process of providing health care from a distance through technology using videoconferencing. Tele psychiatry, a subset of telemedicine, can involve by providing a range of services including psychiatric evaluations, therapy for individuals, group and family, patient education and medication management.

Benefits:

It can benefit patients in several ways, such as:

Improve access to mental health specialty care that might not otherwise be available

Help integrate behavioral health care and primary care, leading to better outcomes

Improve continuity of care and follow-up