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Australia to restore video telehealth subsidy for rural mental health

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The Australian government is restoring its subsidy for bulk-billed video telehealth psychiatry consultations through a A$47.7 Starting this November, people living in rural and regional areas and other eligible patients can once again access free video consultations for mental health. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help

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Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental health challenges among high school and college kids. And healthcare resources are not always readily available to help them.

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Video-enabled tablets could help prevent veteran suicides

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A study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that receipt of video-enabled tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with more psychotherapy visits and reduced emergency department use among veterans. veterans are experiencing a mental health crisis, with a suicide rate 1.5

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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis

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The Australian mental health system has reached a crisis point where psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are leaving the sector in droves due to burnout and inadequate support, leaving patients to wait for long to receive care or delay their treatment and risk further deterioration.

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Monash University project to enhance telehealth for mental health, palliative care services

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A new project in the Australian state of Victoria aims to improve the telehealth capabilities of mental health and palliative care services. million) funding from the federal government-backed Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) for its Enhanced Telehealth Capabilities project. WHY IT MATTERS.

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How to switch from phone to video telehealth on a limited budget

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“In mid- March, the institute began transitioning our services to telehealth whenever possible, in an effort to abide by Governor Cuomo’s stay-at-home order and keep our staff and patients safe, although these services are limited by our current equipment and software capabilities.” services, using free, individual accounts.

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Tablet-based telehealth keeps mental health services online during the pandemic

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As a result, staff members needed to figure out how to maintain their two PROS (personalized recovery-oriented services) serving people with serious and persistent mental illness. "Adults with mental illness used the tablets to meet with their therapists and receive psychotherapy," Fitzpatrick explained.