Rural patients see their therapists via video telemedicine fills the gap where psychiatrists are in short supply October 10, 2006 Washington Post, Associated Press, Oct. 9, 2006http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR2006100900097_pf.html DALLAS -- Psychiatrists, often in need and hard to find in rural areas, are increasingly turning to video to treat their far-flung patients, illustrating one of the latest growth areas of telemedicine. …At the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where telemedicine has been operating for years _ starting with state prison inmates _ about one-third of the program's 60,000 appointments each year are for mental health treatment. « Back | The Newsroom »