Psychiatrists Lean Hard On Teletherapy To Reach Isolated Patients In Emotional Pain

An ill woman enters Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York City this week. Locked away from families, hospitalized patients these days feel particularly isolated emotionally as well as physically, psychiatrists say. Teletherapy can help bridge the gap and ease that pain.

Remote mental health treatment isn’t the same as in-person visits with a psychiatrist, but faced with a pandemic, many people have been forced to make do. Regulators are making that access easier.

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Yuki Noguchi