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Outpatient Psychiatric Care
- The number of professionals in the outpatient setting that are leveraging telehealth to their advantage is ever increasing
- This has additionally extended to the supervision of trainees
- This new modality of treatment is not universally accepted as there are still many patients with technological difficulties or poor internet connections where this treatment is insufficient or impossible
- Fear has been expressed by patients regarding starting a new medication trial due to the requirement of having to go out and get bloodwork
- Substance abuse cases are now being more handled by national and state guidelines as they are a lot harder to treat during the pandemic
- A specific example for substance abuse would be the loosening regulations for methadone clinics which are allowing more patients to be able to come get treatment
- The most at risk group for the outpatient setting is the elderly group who are at most risk of both COVID-19 and mood destabilization due to forced sheltered behavior
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Updated 2021-02-26
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Biomedical Sciences