The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies: A Handbook for Practice Today

Table of contents

• The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies - A Handbook for Practice Today *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• About the Authors xiii
• Preface xv
• Acknowledgments xxiii
• The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies - A Handbook for Practice Today *
• 1 - Introduction 1
• 2 - Telecommunication Technicalities 39
• 3 - E-Mail, Chat Rooms, and Other Text-Based Environments 53
• 4 - Professional Web Site Considerations 79
• 5 - Telephonic and Videoconferencing Technologies 113
• 6 - Computer-Aided Assessment 151
• 7 - Computer-Aided Psychotherapy 173
• 8 - Electronic Practice Management and the Computer-Based Patient Record 197
• 9 - Legal and Regulatory Issues 221
• 10 - Standards and Guidelines 251
• 11 - Online Clinical Practice Management (ocpm): Training and Support 291
• 12 - Online Clinical Practice Management (ocpm): Referrals, Client Education, and Consent 321
• 13 - Online Clinical Practice Management (ocpm): Delivering Care 347
• 14 - The Near Future 381
• 15 - The Distant Future 405
• Epilogue: Immediate—steps 419
• Appendix A - Comparative Studies of Psychotechnologies 433
• Appendix B - Sample Listserv Guidelines 439
• Appendix C - Addendum to Patient Consent Agreement 447
• Appendix D - Draft International Convention on Convention on Telemedicine and Telehealth 451
• Vignette Contributors 461
• References 467
• Author Index 505
• Subject Index 521

Work saved from this book