Telemedicine

Now seeing patients via telemedicine in Rockford, Chicago, Champaign, Peoria, Springfield, the Metro East, and across Illinois.

What is telemedicine?

Telemedicine at ClariPath Psychiatry involves meeting with a mental health provider using your phone, tablet, computer, or other electronic device. Choosing telemedicine means you can enhance your mental health without leaving the comfort of home. Your mental health specialist personalizes treatment plans that ensure effective, long-lasting outcomes.

Which mental health conditions can telemedicine help treat?

Telemedicine at ClariPath Psychiatry can help you better manage the following conditions and more:

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Substance use disorder (SUD)
• Mood disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Insomnia
• Impulse control disorders (ICDs)
• Oppositional-defiant disorder (ODD)
• Schizophrenia
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Eating disorders

If you have more than one mental health disorder, ClariPath Psychiatry can help you manage multiple conditions to achieve your goals.

What are the benefits of telemedicine?

Telemedicine at ClariPath Psychiatry offers the following benefits:

• Convenience
• Privacy
• Mental health improvements
• Time savings
• High-quality, lasting results
• Cost savings
• Superior care
• No exposure to other patients

You can meet your provider on your lunch break, before or after work, from your parked car, in your office at work, or even while traveling. You don’t have to worry about taking a sick day, finding childcare, or spending money on gas.  

Which mental health telemedicine services are right for me?

Simply use an approved electronic device to meet with your ClariPath Psychiatry provider virtually. They discuss your medical history, lifestyle, symptoms, medications, and goals. 

They also complete a virtual mental health evaluation using DSM-5 criteria by discussing your emotions, moods, behaviors, and thoughts to determine if you have a mental health condition warranting treatment.

Which telemedicine psychiatry treatments are available?

Your personalized mental health treatment plan may consist of:

• Healthy lifestyle modifications
• Stress management
• Medication management
• Psychodynamic therapy
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)
• Other types of individual and/or family-based psychotherapy

It’s also helpful to eat nutritious foods, minimize stress, stay active, and get plenty of sleep. Avoid smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.

Your ClariPath Psychiatry provider follows up to ensure your treatment is effective. They alter your medications and/or therapy sessions when necessary to ensure superior mental health outcomes. You might meet with them weekly or as needed via telemedicine.

Schedule a telemedicine evaluation at ClariPath Psychiatry by calling the office or requesting an appointment online today.