E‑therapy stepping up to fill mental health gaps

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Tele­health ven­dor seized oppor­tu­ni­ty from Kaiser strike (Health­Care Dive):

“When Kaiser’s men­tal health work­ers went on strike to protest what they claim is Kaiser’s pol­i­cy of under­staffing their facil­i­ties in order to boost their prof­its, it left a void for the thou­sands of patients who relied on Kaiser’s staff for men­tal health ser­vices. Act­ing as a real-time tes­ti­mo­ny to the pow­er of tele­health, eTher­a­pi announced a plan last week to task its 10,000 online ther­a­pists to fill that gap, even offer­ing Kaiser patients a discount…The ser­vice allows patients to have their insur­ance cov­er­age ver­i­fied imme­di­ate­ly when they call to book a session.”

Learn more:

• Kaiser strike may boost tele­health in California
• Should Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioural Ther­apy (not anti­de­pres­sant drugs) be the first-line treat­ment for depression?
• The Future of Com­put­er-assist­ed Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Therapy