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Access to psychiatric care is vital if you have a mental health disorder, but in-person consultations can be challenging. At New Spirit Health in Mesa, Arizona, John Risi, NP, offers convenient telehealth services that patients can access using a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer with an internet connection. You can benefit from expert help overcoming addictions, anxiety, and depression without leaving home. To learn more, call New Spirit Health or book a telehealth or in-person appointment online today.

What is telehealth?

Telehealth allows you to book a live videoconference with your mental health professional when it suits you. It gives you access to the medical services you need when you can’t make it in for an office visit.

New Spirit Health offers live access to psychiatric care and addiction medicine that you can easily interact with on your smartphone, tablet, or personal computer.

You benefit from one-on-one meetings with your provider via videoconferencing that offers the same diagnostic accuracy and treatment effectiveness as an in-office visit.

What services are available via telehealth?

Telehealth can help you address most mental health disorders, including anxiety and depression. New Spirit Health specializes in addiction medicine, assisting patients in their journeys from drug withdrawal to sobriety.

The practice offers a number of telehealth services, including:

• Psychiatric evaluations
• Electronic prescribing
• Medication management
• Psychotherapy (talk therapy)
• Drug counseling
• Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)

If you require medication, your provider can perform a psychiatric evaluation, prescribe the appropriate medicines, and monitor the effectiveness of your treatment, all through telehealth.

MAT is a highly effective approach to helping patients with substance use disorders like opioid addiction. It combines Suboxone® medication containing buprenorphine and naloxone with drug counseling and therapy.

Patients typically need to attend an in-person visit before starting medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorder. However, follow-ups usually are done via telehealth.

What are the benefits of telehealth?

One of the most significant benefits of telehealth is its convenience, as it allows you to address your mental health needs as your schedule permits. You don’t have to worry about driving or arranging transport to the New Spirit Health offices, and you avoid the additional time and expense in-person visits require.

Telehealth also improves access to psychiatric care for people living in rural areas, those with physical limitations, and patients who suffer from issues like severe anxiety.

Many mental health patients prefer telehealth to traditional office visits, finding it considerably less stressful to receive psychiatric care in the comfort of their own homes. You might also find it easier to open up to your therapist using telehealth than in a face-to-face visit.

Call New Spirit Health today or book an appointment online to find out more about the benefits of telehealth.