Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medicine and Health Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences

Reflections On West Virginia's Early Covid-19 Experience, Stephen M. Petrany, Deb Koester, Robert Walker Apr 2020

Reflections On West Virginia's Early Covid-19 Experience, Stephen M. Petrany, Deb Koester, Robert Walker

Marshall Journal of Medicine

No abstract provided.


Utilization Of Telepsychiatry To Combat The Opioid Crisis In The United States, Haley Tallarico Jan 2020

Utilization Of Telepsychiatry To Combat The Opioid Crisis In The United States, Haley Tallarico

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Introduction: In the past five years, the United States (U.S.) has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of opioid misuse, abuse and overdose related death, leading to a national public health crisis. Telepsychiatry along with medication-assisted treatment has been proposed as a viable solution. The purpose of this research was to examine the field of telepsychiatry as a practical means to combat the rapidly increasing opioid epidemic facing America and to determine the effect of telepsychiatry utilization on access to treatment received in an outpatient medical setting.

Methodology: The methodology for this study was a literature review including the use of …