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When bad internet blocks rural mental health care

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Trying to treat severe clinical depression via a pixelated, buffering Zoom call is a uniquely modern medical tragedy. Mental health professionals are discovering that telepsychiatry is practically useless in rural broadband deserts, leaving isolated farming communities entirely reliant on expensive satellite internet like Starlink just to secure a basic Lexapro prescription.

When bad internet blocks rural mental health care
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