Five Benefits of Telemental Health Services and Counseling to Patients

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BENEFITS OF TELEMENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

ALPHA OMEGA MENTAL HEALTH CLINI

TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE MENTAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE. Telecommunications technology has transformed modern life, and now it’s transforming how social workers, counselors, therapists, and clinical psychologists are providing mental health services.

Telemental health—delivering mental health care remotely, and sometimes over great distances—is making it possible to bring life-changing services to populations who previously may have lacked access to them. Clinical mental health counselors are interacting with clients through a wide range of technological tools including apps, videoconferencing, text messaging, e-mail, chat rooms, blogs, and websites.

FIVE OF THE BENEFITS TELEMENTAL HEALTH OFFERS TO PATIENTS AND PRACTITIONERS: Expands Access: Telemental health puts mental health services within reach of men, women, and children who live in rural or remote areas where counselors may be scarce. Some states, like Alaska, have lifted geographic limitations, allowing mental health providers from other states to practice telemedicine within its borders.1ꢀꢀ Telemental health practitioners also can provide services in correctional settings when the patien

SAVES TIME With clinical mental health counselors now serving clients over long distances through videoconferencing, travel time can involve just the seconds it takes to walk to one’s laptop. This innovative counseling model eliminates a client’s need for transportation, and any travel-related costs. Telemental health also can make it easier for patients to work appointments into their schedules without having to take time off from work. Clinicians may find opportunities to increase their patient loads if practici telemental health eliminates or cuts

SHORTENS DELAYS Patients can wait an average of 25 days to see a mental health professional after making an appointment. 2ꢀTelemental health removes many of the barriers that lead to long waits to see providers. A patient in Miami no longer has to choose a counselor from a short list of practitioners within a comfortable driving distance or place her name on a waiting list. She may choose to work remotely with a professional in Orlando, 235 miles away. In addition to expanded options statewide, provider lists will gro more states follow Alaska’s lead a

GETS RESULTS Research continues to affirm the efficacy of telemental health services, with studies showing that videoconferencing is as effective as face-to-face treatments.4ꢀOffering increased provider options and a multitude of convenient technological vehicles, telemental health is a growing and effective alternative for those delivering and receiving mental health services.

WE ARE OFFERING TELEMENTALHEALTH COUNSELLINGꢀ Alpha Omega Clinic is an accredited Mental health Clinic offering Telemental Health Counseling and mental health treatments.. Our doctor or mental health professional talks to you about your symptoms, thoughts, feelings and behavior patterns.ꢀ

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