Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders

Course overview

When it comes to implementing telehealth therapy into your practice, there are lots of challenges to consider. Some of these challenges include ethical & legal implications, selecting the appropriate therapeutic treatments, identifying the appropriate clients for telehealth, screening, and the development of Evaluation & Quality Improvement tools. And when it comes to treating serious mental illness & substance use disorders, the challenges of telehealth become a lot more enhanced. Thats why its important for clinicians to become aware, comfortable, & competent with utilizing telehealth therapy in order to adjust to their clients unique needs, expand their practices, allow for possible international services, and to increase their technical resources by taking advantage of todays existing technology. Having this knowledge base will allow you to better treat your clients through telehealth services, and expand your therapeutic skills as a professional. In this interactive training, Dr. Hakeem will address the solutions to the challenges that come with telehealth therapy, and well also examine recent research in Telehealth to stay updated with the current trends. Clinicians will be able to leave this training with knowledge on how to successfully implement and sustain their telehealth services. As well as confidence in treating clients who struggle with serious mental illness & substance use disorders by using evidence-based practices.