<p>This suggestion was from one of the top psychiatrists in our state, who has found this to be a helpful way to go for many of her young patients. Psychiatry is generally practiced these days with infrequent visits focused on medication levels. After the initial months of treatment, and barring any crises, it is not unusual to see a psychiatrist every 3 months anyway, which would fit the college calendar.</p>
<p>At college, there is counseling available, or at the very least, referrals outside the college center for longer term support. So, obviously, such a skype regimen would be supplemented as needed, closer to where the student is.</p>
<p>It would be nice if insurance still covered extensive talk therapy with a psychiatrist, but that is long gone. Insurance considers the best treatment to be medication, and unless the meds need to be tweaked, psychiatrists do not stay in close touch. </p>
<p>Again, I suggest people read Kay Jamison and Elyn Saks, and understand that a psychiatric diagnosis is not necessarily an obstacle to going to whatever college a student might want to go to, or to stellar achievements in life.</p>