The emerging need for telehealth approaches for the treatment of mental illnesses and substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic
24 September 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant mental health challenges for many around the world, both directly due to the consequences of the disease, and indirectly due to the difficult circumstances that arise from mitigation strategies. Telehealth visits may become part of the new “normal” for replacing, or at least supplementing, office visit-based treatment for behavioral health conditions.
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Stephen P. Melek
The emerging need for telehealth approaches for the treatment of mental illnesses and substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Telehealth visits may become part of the new “normal” for replacing, or at least supplementing, office visit-based treatment for behavioral health conditions.
Stephen Melek, Stoddard Davenport, Travis Gray