Psychiatrist Online
Board-Certified Online Psychiatrists offer personalized Telepsychiatry Services such as teletherapy through HIPAA-Compliant Online Appointments.
GABA Telepsychiatry is a unique practice, where the online psychiatrist offers the closest possible approximation to traditional psychiatric services in a telepsychiatry format.
Psychiatrist Online Consultation
- Our online psychiatrist sends prescriptions to the pharmacy electronically on the day of the visit.
- Mental health evaluation can be conducted online.
- Longer visits if needed mean more time is taken to ensure that psychiatric medications are prescribed with care.
- Biopsychosocial factors are considered to provide an integrative approach and therefore an optimum treatment model.
- The online psychiatrist is board-certified, licensed, insured, and follows the same practice models and standards of care as if seeing a patient in the office.
- Hormones, nutrition, and psychodynamic factors are considered.
- Notes are stored on secure HIPAA-compliant electronic health records.
Emphasis is placed on listening to the patient, in order to best address their symptoms and concerns. Empathy, understanding, communication, and collaboration between psychiatrists and patients are essential for good treatment outcomes.
Same Day Psychiatrist Appointment
An emergency psychiatrist is a psychiatrist who works with you for acute stabilization during times of crisis.
- An emergency psychiatrist can provide support, prescribe medication, and if needed lease with family members and your therapist to provide additional support.
- Seeing an emergency psychiatrist through an online appointment for acute stabilization can prevent the need for hospitalization, reduce the time taken off work, and expedite the time to recovery.
- An emergency psychiatrist can treat you on an outpatient basis as long as you are not acutely suicidal and you are not a danger to yourself or others.
- An emergency psychiatrist can treat depression, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and insomnia as well as other psychiatric conditions.
"Telepsychiatry allows you to see the psychiatrist of your choice irrespective of location"
Telepsychiatry Services
An online psychiatrist can provide the following telepsychiatry services by seeing their patients through an online appointment:
Medication Management
Medication is sent electronically to your pharmacy and can be picked up the same day.
Psychotherapy Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Family & Relationship Therapy
Forensic expert Services
Online and in-person forensic psychiatry services are offered in the United States & Canada.
Adult Psychiatrist Online
Dr. Tony Issac
Board Certified Psychiatrist in New York & New Jersey (MD)
Dr.Tony Issac is a double Board certified Psychiatrist with nine years of experience practicing psychiatry. He provides compassionate discreet psychiatric evaluations, and psychiatric care services including medication management, and psychotherapy. Dr. Issac treats a wide range of psychiatric conditions including insomnia, panic attacks, depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
He conducts suicide assessments, and acute stabilization and will work with your family and employer to provide support. Dr.Tony Issac also provides follow-up appointments, and telepsychiatry services including psychotherapy and sensitive medication titration.
Dr. Issac can work with you to achieve a collaborative treatment plan and work towards recovery and healing. Dr. Issac is available for same-day appointments during emergencies and is available for weekend appointments to ensure that you receive the care and the follow-up that you deserve.
Medical School
St. George’s University: School of Medicine
Psychiatry Residency Training
Richmond University Medical Center: affiliate of Mount Sinai Health Network
Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Psychobiology
Binghamton University – State University of New York
Board Certification
American Board of Preventative Medicine – Addiction Medicine, Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology – Psychiatry, Board Certification
Geriatric Psychiatrist Online
Dr. Valeria Serban
Board Certified Psychiatrist with Multiple State Licenses MBBS (MD)
Dr. Valeria Serban is an experienced, Board Certified geriatric psychiatrist practicing general adult psychiatry and specializing in Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Valeria Serban has a background in neuroscience and has completed her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the NYS Institute for Basic Research, City University of New York. She also obtained a Fellowship in Neurophysiology from Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
As a geriatric psychiatrist, Dr. Serban can help individuals between 18 to 120 years, with age-related cognitive decline like delirium, depression, dementia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychosis, and other medical conditions resulting in psychiatric symptoms.
Medical School
University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania
Neurology Residency Training
University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania
Master of Philosophy (M.Ph.) – Neuroscience
NYS Institute for Basic Research, New York
Internal Medicine Residency
Temple University Hospital, Pennsylvania
Neurology Residency
Temple University Hospital, Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Neuroscience
NYS Institute for Basic Research, City University of New York – Graduate Center
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Electromyography – American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
Neuromuscular Medicine – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Recertification – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Forensic Psychiatrist Online
Dr. Gundu Reddy
Board Certified Psychiatrist with Multiple State Licenses MBBS (MD)
Dr. Gundu Reddy is a Board Certified Psychiatrist with fifteen years of experience practicing clinical psychiatry. She also has ten years of experience practicing forensic psychiatry. Dr. Reddy is trained in providing telepsychiatry services such as medication management, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Dr. Reddy has a special interest in integrative psychiatry and believes that multiple factors should be considered when evaluating and treating a patient. That includes genetic and developmental factors, medical illness, nutrition, hormones, as well as environmental and dynamic factors.
Medical School
The United Medical Dental Schools of Guys Kings and St Thomas’ at King’s College London
Psychiatry Residency Training
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training
NYU Psychoanalytic Institute
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry Neurology
Authenticity &
Integrity
Board Certified Psychiatrists
follows APA Guidelines and best
standards of patient care
Longer Patient
Visits
Longer visits with a commitment
to healing and providing the best
possible patient care.
An Integrative
Approach
Considers genetics,
medical, hormonal, nutritional,
dynamic & environmental factors.
Psychiatrist Appointment Online
Clinical Services: California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee
Forensic Psychiatry Services: All of the US and Canada
Can an online psychiatrist send prescriptions?
Yes. An online psychiatrist can prescribe medications via electronic prescribing, as long as it is clinically appropriate. At Gaba Telepsychiatry prescriptions are sent electronically to the pharmacy of your choice.
Can an online psychiatrist prescribe controlled substances?
During the COVID-19 crisis, an emergency order was issued stating that psychiatrists could prescribe controlled substances through an online appointment. However, the rules are different from state to state and a psychiatrist must comply with state and federal guidelines.
The urgent psychiatrist can prescribe most medications, but certain regulations must be followed when prescribing controlled substances, such as stimulants, and certain anxiety or insomnia medications. Every state has specific requirements for prescribing controlled substances through telepsychiatry services and the urgent psychiatrist must follow state guidelines.
Typically to prescribe controlled substances:
- The psychiatrist must perform thorough psychiatric evaluations
- The psychiatrist must document why it is medically necessary to prescribe a controlled substance and why the benefits outweigh the risks.
- The urgent psychiatrist must follow the same standards of care as if seeing the patient in the office.
If your state does not allow the prescription of controlled substances by an online psychiatrist a consult can be sent to your PCP. Most PCPs are comfortable prescribing controlled substances providing there is a consultation from a psychiatrist, documenting the risks versus the benefits, and clinical appropriateness.
There are occasions where your psychiatrist may not find it appropriate to prescribe a controlled substance online and may recommend that you see a psychiatrist in person, or would benefit from alternative treatments.
Is there any difference between an online psychiatry appointment and an in-person psychiatry appointment?
There is no difference between an online and an in-person psychiatrist appointment as both should abide by the same standards of care while delivering telepsychiatry services.
Why would I see an online psychiatrist?
The advantage of seeing a psychiatrist online is that you can see the psychiatrist of your choice and are not restricted by location. Getting an appointment with a psychiatrist online means you do not have to travel and do not have to take time off work.
Urgent Psychiatric Care Online
Many patients find it hard to get immediate access to a psychiatrist when most needed. Obtaining urgent psychiatric care online can help with immediate stabilizations, preventing time off work, immediate resolution of symptoms, and can sometimes prevent hospitalization. Urgent psychiatric care can include acute treatment of insomnia, panic attacks, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and OCD.
Online Psychiatrist Services
"Gaba Telepsychiatry offers an integrative approach to psychiatric evaluation"
There are many factors that can affect psychiatric illness such as: genetic, developmental, trauma, nutritional factors, hormones, career difficulties, relationship difficulties, coping skills, concurrent medical illness, head injury, side effects to medications, and many others.
Whether seeing a patient in the office or via telepsychiatry it is important that the psychiatrist considers all of these factors to provide optimum care.
Teletherapy
Teletherapy is ideally traditional psychotherapy in an online format. Our psychiatrists are psychodynamically trained and experienced in teletherapy.
Types of teletherapy include:
- Cognitive Behavioral therapy
- Supportive psychotherapy
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Group psychotherapy
- Family Therapy
- Relationship Therapy
Teletherapy should be conducted via video by a telepsychiatrist who is licensed and insured in the state where you reside.
Teletherapy should not be conducted via text message, and should not be conducted by phone except during emergencies.
At Gaba Telepsychiatry psychiatrists are expected to provide the highest possible standards when performing teletherapy. With over ten years of training and experience in therapy, standards of care are followed as guided by the American Psychiatric Association, and American Psychological Association.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy via Teletherapy
Psychodynamic psychotherapy requires years of training. Adapting psychodynamic psychotherapy to a telemedicine format is also an art form in itself. A psychiatrist to perform psychodynamic teletherapy must be conscientious about maintaining standards of care.
Supportive Psychotherapy via Teletherapy
Supportive psychotherapy can be highly effective online. Teletherapy is convenient and allows you to see the provider of your choice irrespective of location. Longer visits, allow our psychiatrists to provide a combination of medication management and supportive teletherapy.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy via Teletherapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy combined with medication management has often been found to be more useful than medication alone. Longer visits allow our online psychiatrists to teach patients cognitive behavioral therapy techniques as well as prescribe medication.
Conditions Treated by Psychiatrist Online
Our psychiatrists can treat a wide range of telepsychiatry services via an online psychiatrist appointment. Many of our psychiatrists may have a special interest in your condition, or symptoms, and provide a more specialized service.
Clinical & Forensic evaluations all over USA and Canada
"At Gaba Telepsychiatry, psychiatric medication is always prescribed with utmost care!"
It is not always an easy decision to take psychiatric medication & psychiatric medication must be always prescribed with the utmost care.
Longer visits, as well as careful follow-up and titration, mean better symptom management.
Time is taken to ensure the effective resolution of symptoms and to minimize or if possible ensure the absence of side effects.
with concierge features in a telepsychiatry setting"
Gaba Telepsychiatry offers a collaborative approach to psychiatric care
The best treatment outcomes occur, when a patient feels that they have been listened to, their concerns have been addressed, and when both the patient and psychiatrist work together to achieve a treatment plan which both are comfortable with. Whether seeing a psychiatrist through an online appointment or in person, respect, communication, understanding, and trust are vital components of a doctor/patient relationship.
“Most patients have been suffering for years before their first appointment. The vast majority are on the wrong combination of medications, are still symptomatic, or experiencing side effects on the first visit. This is why psychiatric medication should always be prescribed with the utmost care.”
“Most patients have been suffering for years before their first appointment. The vast majority are on the wrong combination of medications, are still symptomatic, or experiencing side effects on the first visit. This is why psychiatric medication should always be prescribed with the utmost care”
Dr. Gundu Reddy
Forensic Psychiatry
Family Law
Parental Alienation
Child Protective Services
Child Custody Evaluation
Civil Practice Law
PTSD
Civil Law Defense
Psychological Damage
Criminal Defense
Malingering
Insanity Defense
Fitness For Trial
Estate Law
Guardianship
Undue Influence
Testamentary Capacity
Medical Malpractice
Records Review
Standards of Care
Malpractice Defense
Risk Assessment
SORA RAI
Violence Risk
Fitness For Discharge
Can you see/talk to/get a psychiatrist online? How to find/contact a psychiatrist online?
Most psychiatrists will specify in their online profiles whether they provide telepsychiatry services, or whether they only see patients in person. It is important before scheduling an appointment to find out whether you can travel to your psychiatrist, or whether you need to make an online appointment.
How do the best online psychiatrists practice?
The best online psychiatrist should:
- Conduct a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and achieve an accurate diagnosis.
- Whether seeing a psychiatrist in person or online, the best psychiatrist should make you feel comfortable, listen, and collaborate with you to find a treatment plan that feels comfortable.
- Ideally, a psychiatrist should address all your concerns about medication, and titrate medication so that it is effective.
- The best online psychiatrists will ask about side effects and work with you to minimize side effects.
- The best online psychiatrists will be psychodynamically trained and proficient in medication and teletherapy.
At GABA Telepsychiatry, your psychiatrist will follow APA guidelines and standards of care. Your psychiatrist will consider medical, psychodynamic, and environmental causes of symptoms, nutrition, and hormones.
There is no right or wrong answer to who is the best online psychiatrist. At GABA Telepsychiatry your psychiatrist will support you through the process of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery services.
Can online psychiatrists offer psychological exams online?
An online psychiatrist should be able to offer psychological evaluations online just as if you are seen in the office. An online psychiatrist can conduct a mental health evaluation for medical treatment, and also forensic psychiatry evaluations for child custody, criminal defense, guardianship, medical malpractice defense, fitness to return to work, fitness to join the armed forces, obtain a firearms license, pilots license, and testimonial capacity. The advantage of seeing an online psychiatrist for your psychological evaluation is that you can see the psychiatrist of your choice and are not limited by location.
Is there any online psychiatrist for teenagers?
Studies show both children and adolescents adapt quickly to telepsychiatry and respond well to online psychiatrists. Not all psychiatrists are comfortable treating children and teenagers, and telepsychiatry offers the opportunity to find a psychiatrist that your teenager feels comfortable with. Older teenagers especially benefit from telepsychiatry services, due to busy schedules, academic commitments, and traveling between home and college campus. Telepsychiatry, or Online psychiatry offers you the opportunity to find a psychiatrist who can establish a rapport with your teenager, and address your teenager’s specific needs.
How does a telepsychiatry visit work?
Cloud-based software means no downloads
All you need is a computer or mobile device and internet
We schedule a tech demo with a live
clinical assistant.
You will see our online psychiatrist,
on the big screen.
You will complete your clinical
psychiatric interview.
You will receive your
prescriptions.