America’s having a nervous breakdown. Can telemedicine fix it?

Locked-down America has become a country desperately in need of virtual therapy, but the health care system has been left scrambling to use telemedicine to help connect people with mental health professionals.

Years of restrictive federal and state policies kept America's therapists from embracing telemedicine, and now behavioral health providers are rushing to move online — often with little guidance on best practices or assurances that the care will continue after the coronavirus fades.