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TikTok’s Impact on Youth Mental Health and Public Health Under-Researched, Study Finds

Digital Health Global

TikTok , the rapidly growing social media platform popular among children and young people worldwide, remains surprisingly under-researched in psychology and psychiatry, according to a two-part study. Search Timeline: The search was conducted between June and July 2021, resulting in the screening of 275 studies initially.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” “Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She’s board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry. Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously. Regarding telepsychiatry, she says in 2024: 1.

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2022 Telehealth Outlook: A Clear Path Ahead for Virtual Care

MeMD

healthcare system: A July 2021 report from McKinsey & Co. reports a full 50% of psychiatry visits are now virtual, and MeMD’s own data echoes these results. The company’s talk therapy visits shot up 224% in 2020, but that was just the beginning: MeMD saw more visits in the first quarter of 2021 than in all of 2019 combined.

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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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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

BMC Public Health. Telehealth mental health services during COVID-19: summary of evidence and clinical practice. Australas Psychiatry. 2021 Feb; 17(2): 218–221. WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. Telehealth for global emergencies: Implications for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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Telehealth Controlled Substances: Evidence Mounts Against DEA Restrictions

Telebehavioral Health Institute

With the COVID public health emergency (PHE) scheduled to end on May 11, 2023, the issue of prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine and telehealth has taken center stage. JAMA Psychiatry. Check back in with Telehealth.org for updates as they emerge. 1 Jones CM, Compton WM, Han B, Baldwin G, Volkow ND.