From Business Insider: Talkspace, a text message-based therapy platform, is bringing on a team of psychiatrists to prescribe medications to patients. The app is also expanding into offices and universities and will be partnering with fraternity Delta Tau Delta to offer its 9,000 members free access.
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Deeply disturbing. Maybe we should just set up self-service kiosks on campus, where you type in your symptoms and a remote psychiatrist approves your prescription?