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What are the issues that telehealth services address?

There are many issues that are addressed by providing telehealth services, including: Limited access to reliable transportation and time limitations associated with heavy traffic patterns. Being homebound due to medical or mental health reasons. Families that lack access to reliable or affordable child-care.

What is telehealth service?

Telehealth services simply mean that real-time sessions (synchronous) are conducted on secure video/audio teleconferencing software through our patient portal. Sessions can be conducted on a laptop, desktop, tablet or even on your phone.

How effective is teletherapy?

A 2017 study reviewing 156 articles published since 2000 found that not only is teletherapy just as effective as in-person therapy but it is often more accessible and affordable than traditional in-person therapy. Before that in 2009 (Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Vol. 16, No. 3), another team of researchers analyzed a set of 148 peer-reviewed publications and found that both client outcomes and satisfaction ratings were high. A 2008 meta-analysis of 92 studies, for example, found that the differences between Internet-based therapy and face-to-face were not statistically significant (Journal of Technology in Human Services, Vol. 26, No. 2).#N#There are many issues that are addressed by providing telehealth services, including: 1 Limited access to reliable transportation and time limitations associated with heavy traffic patterns 2 Being homebound due to medical or mental health reasons 3 Families that lack access to reliable or affordable child-care 4 Schedule demands due to work or family obligations 5 Existing clients who are traveling but unable to attend regularly scheduled sessions in our offices 6 Allowing providers to support patients between visits 7 Ability to address clinical issues in the real environments they take place, which can be most relevant for OCD and other Anxiety Disorders