Those in treatment for substance use disorder can often experience anxiety and phobias. Mild to severely debilitating stress and anxiety affect approximately 40 million Americans and specific phobias affect 19 million Americans. Some of the most prevalent phobias include social phobia, agoraphobia and specific phobias that can include fears of flying, heights, blood, public speaking, […]

Virtual reality (VR) therapy, like all telemedicine, increases access to quality, effective and affordable specialized information, care, and services without any of the risky side effects. Dissimilar to most telemedicine which can be conducted remotely from a private and secure location, VR requires that the patient or the healthcare provider travel for the session. VR […]

Telehealth practices through phone and video sessions provide patients with clinical information and counseling, medical consultation, diagnosis, intervention and treatment, as well as a level of psychological and emotional interconnection that might not otherwise be available due to monetary, geographical and even physical or emotional factors. Telehealth sessions have proved to be a useful form […]

New research suggests that telemedicine services can improve the quality of care, positively affect medical outcomes in cancer treatment, and reduce overall harm and death associated with opioid use, and addiction by managing pain symptoms. Patients with chronic conditions such as cancer commonly have underlying and co-occurring mental and/ or physical problems. The American Cancer […]

Telehealth including teletherapy, telepsychology and telepsychiatry are new forms of health care and often serve as a component of a complete treatment care plan; it offers patients the opportunity to receive professional therapeutic assistance, advice over the phone, or guidance over a video session in an emergency when a face-to-face meeting is not available or […]