Overview

Telemental Health, the provision of mental health services using live, interactive
videoconferencing, has a number of important benefits for patients, clinicians, provider
organizations, and communities. The most important of these can be summarized
succinctly:

Telemental health is a cost-effective way to improve access to specialty mental health services in rural and underserved communities. All mental health procedures that are delivered "face-to-face" can be delivered remotely via telemental health.