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The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 19
Can Forensic Psychiatry Really Be Done Over Video? Understanding Forensic Psychiatry and Expert Witnesses Welcome back to The Telepsychiatry Advantage. I’m your host, Dr. Edward Kaftarian. In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about forensic psychiatry, specifically forensic telepsychiatry—how to do forensic psychiatry over video. Most of you know and understand somewhat what… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 18
The Surprisingly-Long History of Telepsychiatry (Before The Internet) The Early History Of Telemedicine Welcome back to The Telepsychiatry Advantage. I’m your host, Dr. Edward Kaftarian. What if I told you that telemedicine and telepsychiatry have been around for more than 50 years? Well, that would be an underestimation, because by some measures, telemedicine… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 17
Substance Use Disorders In Telepsychiatry: How To Treat Patients (Part 2) Treating Substance Abuse With Telepsychiatry Welcome back to The Telepsychiatry Advantage. In today’s episode, we’re going to cover part two of our two-part series on substance use disorders. Part one was focused on assessment of the patient. Now part two is going to… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 16
How To Spot Substance Use Risk In A Telepsychiatry Visit The Crisis of Substance Use Disorders Welcome back to The Telepsychiatry Advantage. I’m your host, Dr. Edward Kaftarian. We have a major problem in this country with drug addiction—substance use disorders. What if I told you that more Americans have died of a drug… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 15
How To De-Escalate Angry Patients in Telepsychiatry (Before It Spirals) Patient Encounters That Stay With You There are some patient encounters that are just burned in our brains, and this can happen in our training and also in our career, where the encounter was just so significant and usually there was emotion involved, sometimes… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 14
Telepsychiatry for Psychotic Patients: What the Evidence Shows Introduction & Early Misconceptions When I first started building telepsychiatry programs in the early 2010’s, it was a challenge because people did not even know the term telemedicine. Can you imagine a word that everybody knows now, very few people knew in the year 2010. And… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 13
How to make telepsychiatry work for Elderly Patients Introduction & Demographics Today, we’re going to address a problem that’s growing in this country. The gap between the supply of geriatric psychiatrists with the demand for geriatric psychiatry in a growing elderly population. In 1960, only about 9% of the American population was aged 65… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 12
How to choose the Right Telepsychiatry Company to Join Introduction We all make decisions in our lives. Some decisions are small, like what to eat for dinner. And if you mess that up, no big deal. Could you have another appetite? You have another meal coming. And then other decisions that are really big,… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 6
Ryan Haight Act: The Law That Changed Telepsychiatry. Part 1 Hi, everyone. Welcome to The Telepsychiatry Advantage. I’m your host, doctor Edward Kafterian. And I’m the chairman and CEO of Orbit Health Telepsychiatry. The longest running telepsychiatry company in the world. The goal of The Telepsychiatry Advantage is simple: Raise the Standard. For… Read More »
The Telepsychiatry Advantage: Episode 4
How to make Telepsychiatry Work with Younger Patients Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Telepsychiatry Advantage. I’m your host, Doctor Edward Kafterian. I’m the chairman and CEO of Orbit Health Telepsychiatry. And this is the longest running Telepsychiatry company in the world. The Pediatric Puzzle: Unique Challenges in Telepsych I’m a psychiatrist,… Read More »