OTN, with the Centre of Effective Practice, is pleased to present “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety” - a three-part educational workshop series. The program, designed by leading experts from Sunnybrook’s Fredrick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre including world-renowned psychiatrist and lecturer Dr. Peggy Richter, is back by popular demand after receiving rave reviews from an OTN audience last year. Here’s what a few participants from 2014 had to say... We have very much benefited from this series and will be following up internally on our practice and processes in this regard. Thank you very much for this highly informative, concise and well organized series. We enjoyed the sessions very much....

Posted in Mental Health and Addictions

Tagged: telepsychiatry, psychiatry, education, learning

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Telepsychiatry: Virtual Care for Mental Health and Addictions

Written by Rob Williams

on November 4, 2013

Many small communities throughout Ontario don’t have a local psychiatrist, so it can be challenging at times for people in these communities to receive psychiatric services. Telepsychiatry gives people in these communities the opportunity to interact one-on-one with a psychiatrist from another part of the province. Moreover, people with mobility issues need only to travel to a local Telehealth studio, rather than to a psychiatrist’s office. We’ve had very positive reactions from people that have participated in one-to-one psychiatric patient videos. The patients feel very comfortable – in fact, we’ve had some patients tell us they’re...

Posted in Mental Health and Addictions

Tagged: psychiatry, patient, health care professional, store forward

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