North Carolina Residents

State and Local Government

Providers of MH/DD/SA Services

Statistics and Publications

Telepsychiatry

Telepsychiatry has been recently approved for some Medicaid and state-funded services to people who have mental health, developmental disabilities, and/or substances abuse needs or difficulties. Telepsychiatry is not a service but a relatively new way of delivering behavioral health services to individuals who do not have ready local access to the expertise required to meet their needs.

North Carolina Policy and Guidelines

• Medicaid Telepsychiatry Policy (PDF,116 KB)
• Memo from the Attorney General's Office (Word, 146 KB)
• North Carolina Guidelines (Word, 57 KB)

Additional Guidance

• Evidence-Based Practice for Telemental Health (PDF, 301 KB) - 8/26/09

Research

• A Randomized Trial of Telemedicine-based Collaborative Care for Depression

Online Resources

• American Telemedicine Association
• Association of Telehealth Service Providers
• East Carolina University's Telemedicine Center
• LME Pilot Group (Excel, 26 KB) Each LME is piloting a different set of services.

Last Updated: August 26, 2009