Our Physicians' Qualifications

Each American Telepsychiatrists' Physician undergoes an in-depth qualification process that reviews their credentials including medical school education, internship/residency/fellowship certification, state and federal licensure, board certification, professional and peer references, and any malpractice or disciplinary history.  Only the highest trianed, most experienced, and best qualified psychiatrists can work for our team.

American Telepsychiatrists follows strict policies, guidelines and procedures that are HIPAA compliant which means that we are protecting your privacy at the highest levels and adhering to all federal, state, and local regulations.  It is against the law for a telepsychiatry session to be recorded, and AT NO TIME will any audio or video recording of you ever be done for any reason.

Additionally, we carry very high quality professional liability malpractice insurance. Seeing a doctor from our team, you can feel safe, secure, and confident that your privacy and rights are being protected at all times and to the highest standard in the industry.

Frequently Asked Questions from Patients

Private Fee-For-Service Patients

General Patient Resources

Services provided to patients

• Full Psychiatric Evidence-based Medication Management
• Full Psychiatric Evaluation
• Lab testing orders and follow-up
• EKG orders and follow-up
• Psychiatric consultations to PCP and specialty care providers

• Continuity of Care

• Urgent medication management evaluations

• Quicker access to a Board Certified psychiatrist

• Professional, high quality care

• Bridges between regular visits with your established psychiatrist to ensure no gaps in medication

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As a patient, are you having trouble getting an appointment to see your psychiatrist?  Do you have to wait months to be seen?  Ask your Mental Health Agency to Contact American Telepsychiatrists so that we can set up a Telepsychiatry system in your area. 

Once established, you will be able to make an earlier appointment.  It will work exactly the same way it works in your current system (except for being able to get in earlier).  You will arrive at your Community Mental Health Care Agency, register at the front desk to see a psychiatrist, and at your appointed time, you will be escorted to an office where you will meet face-to-face with a highly qualified, Board Certified Psychiatrist.  The only difference is that you will see the doctor on a television or computer screen, live and in real-time.  The doctor can see and hear you, and you can hear and see the doctor.  Very quickly you will become comfortable with the interface, and you will forget that there is a screen between you.  Often times many of our patients will stand up at the end of the session and reach out to shake the doctor's hand.  It is that real.

Our doctors are specialists in Depression, Dysthymia, Bipolar Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Abuse, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, ADHD, OCD, Mood Disorders, Eating Disorders, Sleep Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders. 

Is it legal to see a psychiatrist via telemedicine in California?

Is my information safe and confidential?

How can the doctor prescribe my medications if he or she isn't physically in the room? 

Our doctors use Infoscriber and/or Care360, both well established methods of electronic prescribing that are accepted by over 95 percent of pharmacies in America.  If your medication is a controlled substance that requires an original paper prescription, then our doctors Overnight the prescription directly to your Mental Health Clinic for you to pick up the next day and take to the pharmacy.

Where can I get more information?

Where can I read news articles about Telepsychiatry?

What if Nobody in My Area Offers Telepsychiatry as an option?

Contact your local Community Mental Health Care Agency Administrator and ask them to call us for a free, no-obligation Demonstration of our unique Telepsychiatry and TeleMental Health Care Services.  Or refer them to our website for further information.

Contact your Private Insurance Company Member Services Department and ask them to offer Telepsychiatry services, and then ask them to contact us directly.

Contact Local Patient Advocacy Groups and ask them to urge your local Mental Health Care Agencies to provide Telepsychiatry and TeleMental Health Care Services.  Link to state and local resources.

These organizations provide education, information, and assistance to health plan members and other health care consumers. The Office of the Patient Advocate works with many of these groups to make sure consumers get information about their health care rights.

Toll-free phone numbers begin with 1-800, 1-866, 1-877, and 1-888. If there's no TTY, call 7-1-1. If you have a speech disability, you can use the Speech-to-Speech Relay. Call 1-800-854-7784.

Write your local State Representative and ask them why you have to wait so long to get Mental Health Care when Telepsychiatry and TeleMental Health Care is a proven and readily available resource that can be tapped into today.  How to find your local State Representative.

Billing

California Telepsychiatrists/American Telepsychiatrists do not bill Medicaid patients directly.  All billing is done by your local mental health clinic utilizing your existing insurance, MediCal, etc.

What if I don't have insurance and I just want to pay out of pocket to see a psychiatrist via your teleconferencing software?

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We have doctors licensed in the following States:

United States:

Alabama

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Kentucky

Maine

Minnesota 

Missouri

Mississippi

Montana

Nevada

New Mexico

New York

Pennsylvania

South Dakota

Tennessee

Virginia

Wisconsin

What can I do to help myself?

Focus on prevention:

The best way to treat a psychiatric illness is to prevent its development in the first place.

Things you can do to help yourself stay psychologically healthy:

Stay connected.  Friends and family hold us together.  It's better to mend than to burn a bridge.  Value people first, and everything else will naturally follow.  And remember:  Love is not a license to be rude.

Sleep right.  The average human brain needs 8.1 hours sleep every night.

Stay clean.  Drugs and alcohol affect the brain and mood and interfere with medications.  Don't smoke.

Laugh a lot. 

Eat healthy foods with a good mixture and variety of fresh fruits and vegetables daily.

Make it your conscious intent to be your best, do your best, and to help others.

Think positive.

Work to live; don't live to work.

Take the time to recharge your batteries.

Participate whenever possible.  Doers are happier than watchers.

Challenge yourself a little each day.

Break routines.

Be spontaneous.

Spread random acts of kindness.

Turn off the television.

Talk to people.

Listen for real.

Important telephone numbers in case of emergencies: