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An online psychiatrist is no different than a regularpsychiatrist.
Psychiatrists are highly trained in working with mental health concerns.
They undergo four years of medical school (following undergraduate) and a four-year psychiatric residency.
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There was no precedent for virtual mental health services, so many insurance companies did not cover telehealth.
Now, those regulations include and support virtual psychiatry sessions.
Virtual mental health services make psychiatry sessions more accessible to more people.
They can help you find referrals to a psychiatrist.
You will want to be sure to filter your search criteria to include doctors providing telehealth services.
Personal referrals can be helpful, too.
Online therapy directories can also help you filter via specialty, insurance, gender, and more.
Finally, a number oftelepsychiatry serviceshave recently sprung up at various price points and levels of service.
How Is Online Psychiatry Different From Online Therapy?
Additionally, a psychiatrist is able to assess symptoms that show up both mentally and physically.
They typically have a better understanding of how mental health concerns may affect physical health and vice versa.
However, you will be asked to share some of your mental health history just like in therapy.
Research shows that both approaches may be more effective than either one on its own.
Does Insurance Cover Online Psychiatry?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was more difficult to have online psychiatry covered by insurance.
The pandemic relaxed some of these rules, though, and those changes persist today.
However, that isifan insurer offers mental health coverage.
Most do nowadays, but not all.
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