Rahul Bansal, Author at BanCAPs

5 reasons why a virtual mental health visit is better than an in-person visit?

Leave a Comment / COVID-19, Hot Topics / Rahul Bansal

Telemedicine has become very popular over the last 2 decades, and Telepsychiatry is its fastest growing sector. Over the last 10 years, multiple studies have shown that Telepsychiatry is as effective as in-person visits to evaluate and manage mental health disorders in children and adults. Today, I am taking an opportunity to go one step […]

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Childhood Mental Health Disorders / Rahul Bansal

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a medical or neurodevelopmental condition with symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. It is often first recognized in childhood.

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Is it safe for my child to go back to school?

Leave a Comment / COVID-19, Hot Topics / Rahul Bansal

Time is approaching quickly when American families will have to make a very tough decision – Whether they should send their children back to school this fall or not? American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly advocates reopening of school in the fall based on the evidence that children and adolescents are less likely to have symptoms

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Fee Schedule: Based on the care profile

Policies & Procedures / Rahul Bansal

CAPs Standard: Traditional fee-for-service model of care. We bill patient’s insurance and patient pays their copay and coinsurance based on their insurance benefits. We accept BCBS, UHC, Aetna & BCBS Anthem of Missouri. CAPs Constant: Concierge model of care. With $129/ month, patients receive monthly medication management visits, monthly meetings with their care coach, unlimited support via secure text

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BanCAPs Model of Care

Policies & Procedures / Rahul Bansal

In order to understand how BanCAPs can be helpful, one needs to understand the current state of affairs of mental health care. Children’s mental health problems are real, common and treatable. Mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders begin in early childhood and one in six children aged 2-8 years have been diagnosed with them. Although, early

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Tourette’s Syndrome

Childhood Mental Health Disorders / Rahul Bansal

Tics — Tics are the clinical hallmark of TS. Tics are sudden, brief, intermittent movements (motor tics) or utterances (phonic tics). Tics have been considered involuntary, but tics can temporarily be voluntarily suppressed. Most patients with TS also have comorbid problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Tic classification — The tics in TS

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Childhood Mental Health Disorders / Rahul Bansal

For PTSD to be present, the child must report (or there must be other compelling evidence of) a qualifying index traumatic event and speciﬁc symptoms in relation to that traumatic experience. Compelling evidence might include sexually transmitted infection in a young child, a reliable eyewitness report (e.g., a police report that a child was rescued

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Psychotic Disorders Including Schizophrenia

Childhood Mental Health Disorders / Rahul Bansal

Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is associated with deﬁcits in cognition, affect, and social functioning. Onset of the illness occurs rarely before the age of 13 years, but then increases steadily during adolescence. Psychiatric Assessment Physical Assessment: Potential organic conditions that need to be considered include acute intoxication, delirium, CNS lesions, tumors or infections,

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Childhood Mental Health Disorders / Rahul Bansal

Symptoms: OCD is characterized by recurrent intrusive thoughts, images, or urges (obsessions) that typically cause anxiety or distress, and by repetitive mental or behavioral acts (compulsions) that the individual feels driven to perform, either in relation to an obsession or according to rules that he or she believes must be applied rigidly or to achieve

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Learning Disabilities

Childhood Mental Health Disorders / Rahul Bansal

What are learning disabilities? Learning disabilities are problems that cause a child to have trouble learning. For example, a child might have problems learning to read, write, or do math. Learning disabilities do not have anything to do with how smart a child is. Children with learning disabilities can be just as smart or smarter

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