New research reveals that while outpatient mental healthcare visits have increased, telehealth use in this area varies based on social and economic factor February 12, 2024 – Patterns in the use of audio-only or video-based telehealth to receive mental healthcare are mixed, differing based on age, sex, education, income, and location, according to new research by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study assessed trends in psychological distress and outpatient mental healthc ..read more

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The rule extends the full set of telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 PHE through November 11. Additional flexibilities will extend to established patients until November 11, 2024. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary rule on May 10 that extends telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The temporary rule is effective today, May 11, and extends the full set of telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 PHE for six mo ..read more

Psychiatry’s numbers have been increasing yearly since 2011. This year psychiatry was one of just 10 specialties with increases of more than 10% over the last five years. A total of 1,746 U.S. medical school graduates—1,343 from allopathic schools and 403 from osteopathic schools—matched into psychiatry residency programs this year as part of the 2023 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). It marks the 12th year in a row that psychiatry’s match numbers have increased. Additionally, 351 U.S. and non-U.S. international medical graduates (IMGs) and 46 other applicants (allopathic and ..read more

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has released proposed rules governing telehealth-based prescribing that extend some telehealth flexibilities but reinstate previous rules related to the virtual prescription of some controlled substances following the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, various policy changes led to a higher level of leniency in the rules surrounding prescriptions provided via telehealth. This was mainly due to the need to limit exposure to the deadly coronavirus. However, as the PHE evolved and vaccines and t ..read more

A new study shows that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a 16- to 20- fold increase in telehealth use for treating mental health conditions, counteracting the drop in in-person care volumes. January 10, 2023 – A study published in JAMA Network Open found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in using telehealth to treat mental health conditions, alongside a decrease in in-person service use. In the study, researchers from RAND Corp. and Castlight Health reviewed how US adults accessed mental health services during 2020. They conducted ..read more