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COVID 19 Is An Accelerant Of Change: Raymond Rupert patient advocate

COVID 19 is an accelerant of change. Companies and institutions are changing 20 to 25 times faster than before COVID 19. I took a course at Harvard Medical School about ten years ago. It focused on the use of telehealth technologies in treating mental health disorders. The evidence was presented. ...

Telephone Therapy Works: Raymond Rupert patient advocate

Raymond Rupert2020-10-14T07:23:55-04:00October 14, 2020|Tags: anxiety, CBD, CBT, depression, health system funding, health systems, mental health, phone therapy, Raymond Rupert, telehealth|

For adults with depression, CBT delivered over the phone is as effective at reducing symptoms as CBT delivered face to face. Two trials looking at CBT for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) – one in adults and one in young people – also found no differences in effectiveness. Telephone treatment is cost-effective too: the improvements in quality ...