The mental health professional and the new technologies [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for practice today / / by Marlene M. Maheu ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (569 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.2/0285
• Soggetto topico: Mental health services - Information technology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MaheuMarlene M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-504) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Telecommunication Technicalities; 3 E-Mail, Chat Rooms, and Other Text-Based Environments; 4 Professional Web Site Considerations; 5 Telephonic and Videoconferencing Technologies; 6 Computer-Aided Assessment; 7 Computer-Aided Psychotherapy; 8 Electronic Practice Management and the Computer-Based Patient Record; 9 Legal and Regulatory Issues; 10 Standards and Guidelines; 11 Online Clinical Practice Management (OCPM): Training and Support ; 12 Online Clinical Practice Management (OCPM): Referrals, Client Education, and Consent13 Online Clinical Practice Management (OCPM): Delivering Care; 14 The Near Future; 15 The Distant Future; Appendix A: The Distant Future; Appendix B Sample Listserv Guidelines; Appendix C: Addendum to Patient Consent Agreement; Appendix D: Draft International Convention on Telemedicine and Telehealth; Vignette Contributors; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the last two decades, new communication technologies have dramatically changed the world in which mental health professionals and their patients live. Developments such as e-mail, online chat groups, Web pages, search engines, and electronic databases are directly or indirectly affecting most people's routines and expectations. Other developments are poised to do so in the near future. Already, for example, patients are acquiring both good and bad advice and information on the Web; many expect to be able to reach their therapists by e-mail. And already there is pressure from third party
• Titolo autorizzato: The mental health professional and the new technologies
• ISBN: 1-4106-1144-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450290303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II