During the recent and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, more and more mental health services added more comprehensive telehealth provisions into their services, in an effort to make the offerings more accessible and convenient for patients who were no longer able to public spaces. While, for many businesses, this was a reaction to closures and lockdowns, it’s clear that there are many valuable benefits for both patients and practitioners when it comes to telehealth services. At Psychiatric Hope, we’re well-versed in the provision of telehealth services, and we’re more than prepared to provide a robust array of packages to make your mental health treatment experience even better. Below, you can gain a greater understanding of what telehealth services are, and why they can be so useful. For those who are still unsure about the suitability of these services for their situation, our customer service team assuredly has the answers you’re seeking. Reach out to them by calling us during regular working hours on our business line – or make use of our online contact form.
What is Telehealth?
Broadly speaking, telehealth refers to the provision and delivery of health and health-related services via telecommunications and various digital communication channels. That is to say, if you were seeking a follow up appointment for a mental health diagnosis, you could speak to a provider from the comfort of your own home. For mental health services, the most common form of telehealth is video conferencing, since more intimate and personal patient interaction is more desirable for both the patient and the clinician.
Telehealth Options
If you’re planning on accessing our mental health services from our board certified psychiatry teams from a distance, then you have a few different options to choose from. Some of patients seek support and advice from our mental health professionals through video calls, while others make use of telephone calls – and there’s even the option of making contact over text-based communication channels. We want to make sure that our patients have access to mental health services on the platforms with which they’re most comfortable.
Avoiding Long Distances
In some areas, people have to travel over long distances to reach the premises of a mental health services provider, and this is, naturally, a major issue. It’s not convenient for people to spend a huge amount of time traveling back and forth between their provider and their home, but with telehealth services this isn’t an issue. If the distance from a provider inhibiting your treatment, speaking to a professional over the phone or via a video call is infinitely more practical.
Schedule Conflicts
Finding the time for a psychiatry appointment is a challenge at times – life can get very busy, after all – but it’s much easier with a telehealth appointment. You won’t need to worry about traveling to our location for the appointment, which means you’re already saving a great deal of time. That can open up spots in your schedule that wouldn’t have been suitable otherwise, making life much easier for you.
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