Kanina Chavez lives an hour away from Children's Hospital in Seattle and used to have to take a whole day off from work whenever her daughter, Rachel, had an appointment with a psychiatrist. Rachel was a teenager when she started treatment for bipolar disorder roughly six years ago. Back then, she and her mother had never heard of telepsychiatry. But now they're using real-time videoconferencing in Olympia, Wash., to make it easier for Rachel to remain in the care of experts in Seattle.
Read more: Child Psychiatrists Embrace Videoconferencing Telepsychiatry - TIME
The kids can get the treatment they need without interrupting their school day. Long overdue.
Read more: Child Psychiatrists Embrace Videoconferencing Telepsychiatry - TIME
The kids can get the treatment they need without interrupting their school day. Long overdue.
