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Telehealth helps reduce depression in youth, Texas consortium finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In spring 2021, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts were nearly 51% higher for adolescent girls compared with the same time period in 2019. THE PROBLEM At the same time, there is a critical shortage of behavioral health specialists. right now have no mental healthcare providers at all.

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United Physicians finds success with telepsychiatry for virtual collaborative care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With this in mind, in working with its doctors, it noticed that patients' mental health issues increasingly were negatively impacting their health status. "When it came to referrals for behavioral health services, both our PCPs and their patients were extremely frustrated. In fact, they'll worsen.

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Headspace Health Lays Off 181 Therapists Overnight, Denying Termination Notice to Clients

Telebehavioral Health Institute

It invites users to select a mental health plan of services from its homepage for $5.83 In 2021, the company merged with Ginger, an online mental health platform, in a deal that led to the valuation of the combined company at $3 billion. Headspace offers services directly to consumers as well as to employers.

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Telehealth Licensure Compliance Changes in Response to COVID-19 in Each U.S. State – Master Reference

Continue Education Journal

Although some of these changes were only temporary and have been dropped since the beginning of the pandemic, other changes have been made permanent or are still active given the increased utilization and popularity of Telehealth.

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TeleMental Health

Digital Health Hub

The term “Mental Health” has always had a negative connotation associated with it, indicating that people with mental health issues are very different from other “healthy” people. In fact, every single person suffers from some type of “mental health” issue at some point in their lives.

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TeleMental Health

Digital Health Hub

The term “Mental Health” has always had a negative connotation associated with it, indicating that people with mental health issues are very different from other “healthy” people. In fact, every single person suffers from some type of “mental health” issue at some point in their lives.

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The 2020 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

By 2020, IU Health had launched on-demand virtual psychiatry assessments in the ED and a virtual peer recovery program, going live in 14 hospitals in less than 100 days. This implementation includes integration with M Health’s patient portal and provider mobile application.? Centurion Health. Centurion Health ?works