Webinar: The Expansion of Telemental Health in the Time of COVID-19

Webinar - September 22, 2020 (09:00PST/12:00EST/18:00CET)

Social distancing during COVID-19 and the mental strain of a pandemic has affected the mental health of many adults and exacerbated suffering associated with existing mental illnesses, including mood and anxiety disorders and substance abuse.

This Web Forum will address the impact of COVID-19 on adult mental health, the shift to virtual appointments for patients seeking mental health services and lessons learned from providers of mental health virtual visit services.

The aims of this responsive innovation Web Forum series include:

• ·     Providing immediate and actionable information
• ·     Fostering the cross-pollination of interdisciplinary ideas
• ·     Introducing solutions that have been vetted by healthcare professionals, researchers, patient organizations and healthcare industry
• ·     Introducing and exchanging ideas on innovative, evidence-based care and technology-enabled care solutions

More info and registration: www.dialogue4health.org/web-forums/detail/the-expansion-of-telemental-health-in-the-time-of-covid-19

This webinar is presented by The Gary and Mary West Foundation, UC Davis Health, Transatlantic Telehealth Research Center (TTRN), CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and the ISfTeH.