Author Interviews, Mental Health Research, Pediatrics, Telemedicine / 23.06.2016
Tele-Psychiatry Reaches Underserved Rural Children and Adolescents
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Mirna Becevic, PhD, MHA
Assistant Research Professor
University of Missouri - Department of Dermatology
Missouri Telehealth Network
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Psychiatry is, by far, the biggest utilizer of telemedicine services on the Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN). MTN supports an average of 4000 tele-psychiatry appointments every month, and 10% of those are provided by the University of Missouri Department of Psychiatry. Since we are all aware of the ever-increasing demand for child and adolescent psychiatry, but also the stigma that goes along with it, we wanted to examine more closely the actual usage of those services at the University of Missouri.
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