Marlene M Maheu, Myron L Pulier, Frank H Wilhelm

The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies

A Handbook for Practice Today

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this reader-friendly handbook, five experts with complementary backgrounds offer solid information to guide mental health professionals through all the practical, financial, ethical and legal questions that arise as under pressure from patients and third-party payers alike they seek to integrate new technological capabilities into their practices-from simple e-mail exchanges to websites, videoconferencing, and a host of others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1152g
• ISBN-13: 9780805839883
• ISBN-10: 0805839887
• Artikelnr.: 21844703

Autorenporträt

Marlene M. Maheu, Myron L. Pulier, Frank H. Wilhelm, Joseph P. McMenamin, Nancy E. Brown-Connolly

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Telecommunication Technicalities. E-Mail,
Chat Rooms, and Other Text-Based Environments. Professional Web Site
Considerations. Telephonic and Videoconferencing Technologies.
Computer-Aided Assessment. Computer-Aided Psychotherapy. Electronic
Practice Management and the Computer-Based Patient Record. Legal and
Regulatory Issues. Standards and Guidelines. Online Clinical Practice
Management (OCPM): Training and Support. Online Clinical Practice
Management (OCPM): Referrals, Client Education, and Consent. Online
Clinical Practice Management (OCPM): Delivering Clinical Care. The Near
Future. The Distant Future. Epilogue: Immediate Steps--A Checklist.
Appendices:Comparative Studies of Psychotechnologies. Sample Listserv
Guidelines. Addendum to Patient Consent Agreement. Draft International
Convention on Telemedicine and Telehealth.