In preparing this article, we interviewed a few avid users in the counseling profession via e-mail and found that the Internet has proved to be useful and holds an exciting future for the mental health profession. Another interview was with John M. Grohol, one of the most active psychologists on the net. Grohol began compiling lists of mental health newsgroups, mailing lists, and web sites in 1991 and continues to update his own site on a weekly basis. He has made it easy for all of us to link quickly to thousands of mental health topics by providing a comprehensive guide to information. I have even seen a lot more inter-disciplinary discussions going on online than I ever have in real life.
Psychiatrists talk to psychologists.
Nurses talk to social workers. Laypeople talk to psychologists. Psychiatrists answer laypeople's questions. It's amazing to watch how long-held boundaries are broken instantaneously online. And I believe this is one important aspect that will simply grow and grow.