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Saturday, July 6, 2019

Is Online Therapy Effective?

John B. Marine | July 06, 2019 | |
(UPDATED: June 10, 2020)

It helps to gain psychiatric help for when faced with mental health issues. Can psychiatric help be effective, even online? This is what I hope to respond to in this blog post in helping provide options for my audience. I will offer my own opinions on this topic to help you decide for yourself if you should take up on online psychiatry, and also I am here to help convince you whether or not to take up online psychiatry to help you in your mental health situations.


LATEST UPDATES/REVISIONS:

JUN 10 2020 - removed some links, edited post






Is Online Psychiatry Effective?


Any sort of psychiatry is effective when faced with mental health issues. When you are unable to get the needed help through a physical psychiatry office to meet with a psychiatrist, all hope is not entirely lost. You can try your hand at getting psychiatric help online. It would not hurt much at all to have psychiatric help online. Regardless, psychiatric help is psychiatric help whether online or offline. The only difference is that you are seeking psychiatric help conveniently as opposed to visiting with a psychiatrist in a physical office.

I think the reason people may put off or disregard online psychiatry are of many reasons, perhaps mostly the anonymous factor. It is completely understandable. One would rather be in close contact with a psychiatrist in person and gaining the needed help. If you are skittish about if online psychiatry is less effective than going to a real psychiatrist, then let us look at factors to help you at least consider online psychiatry. Think about shopping for a moment. If there was something special you want to buy, you could visit a store, a shopping center, or a mall to buy. But what if what you want to buy is not sold at a store near you? You can take up online shopping if applicable. Online shopping means you will not have to put up with parking or annoying people. Same applies for online psychiatry. Some people are unable to get quality psychiatric help and be able to access a physical office and meet with a psychiatrist in person. So when you are unable to access a real psychiatrist, your next best option is to consider online psychiatry to get the help you need.


Reasons Why Online Psychiatry Can Be Effective.

I can think of two reasons why online psychiatry can be as good as or better than non-online psychiatry. Consider the following...

• For one, I think online psychiatry is effective because if you are unable to appear in a physical office of a psychiatrist, he/she can still assist you through a number of sessions from a distance. You are still getting the needed help from a licensed and certified psychiatrist.

• The other reason why I think online psychiatry is effective is for financial reasons. Professional help costs money; and so when you may not have as much finances to get the best possible help, you are perhaps better off getting psychiatric help from whatever fine psychiatrist you can contact and within your budget. You might even be saving some money through online psychiatry by not having to worry about gas prices or any travel expenses.


Now that you've seen me discuss online psychiatry and its effectiveness, allow me to provide final thoughts for you all. So go to the next section.




Is Online Psychiatry Effective? Final Thoughts


Online psychiatry can just as effective as non-online psychiatry. If you can not afford to visit a physical psychiatrist at his/her physical office, you can still get the needed psychiatric help through online psychiatry. I look at this issue more along the lines of getting the needed help even if you are unable to access an actual office or be able to pay for the services. Getting the help you need is what is most important to get back to living a healthy and normal life. In this instance, you want to take whatever measures needed to try to make recovery happen. While it may be true you could get psychiatric help anywhere, even online, it all works best with a fully accredited and licensed psychiatrist to help you with your mental health issues. So consider all of your options when looking at psychiatric help- even including online psychiatry. And yes- online psychiatry is as effective as non-online psychiatry.





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