The mental health professional and the new technologies
Subtitle: a handbook for practice today
By: by Marlene M. Maheu ... [et al.].
Contributors: Maheu, Marlene M.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 539
Subjects: Mental health services -- Information technology.; Medical Informatics Applications.; Mental Health Services.; Online Systems.
Description: "In this wide-ranging and practical handbook, five experts, each with a different vantage point and training, systematically guide readers through the new practice arenas already made possible by current information technologies - ranging from internet-wired officers to wearable computers - and point to those on the horizon. Throughout, the authors clearly define terminology for the beginner and illuminate their points with clinical vignettes and first-person accounts of the experience of pioneering practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-504) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to technology in mental and behavioral health; title: Technicalities; title: A professional online presence; title: Professional web site considerations; title: Audio & videoconferencing; title: Computer-aided assessment; title: Computer-aided psychotherapy; title: Electronic practice management and the computer-based patient record; title: Legal, regulatory, and reimbursement issues; title: Technical, ethics, and administrative standards; title: Online consultation: training; title: Online consultation: referrals, client education, and consent; title: Online consultation: delivering clinical care; title: The near future; title: The distant future.