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Telehealth Essential To Addressing Mental Health, Physician Group Says

 
• By Brian Bossetta

The American Medical Association has teamed up with a group of health care experts to increase access to behavioral health services through digital technology.

Telehealth Mental Health Visit
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The US is in the midst of a decades-long mental health crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, says the American Medical Association (AMA) – and according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than half of Americans feel their mental health has deteriorated during the pandemic.

In response to this crisis, the AMA is looking to cement telehealth as one of the tools to combat mental health, while increasing access for those who need it.

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