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Title The mental health professional and the new technologies : a handbook for practice today / by Marlene M. Maheu [and others]
Published Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 539 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction to technology in mental and behavioral health -- Technicalities -- A professional online presence -- Professional web site considerations -- Audio & videoconferencing -- Computer-aided assessment -- Computer-aided psychotherapy -- Electronic practice management and the computer-based patient record -- Legal, regulatory, and reimbursement issues -- Technical, ethics, and administrative standards -- Online consultation: training -- Online consultation: referrals, client education, and consent -- Online consultation: delivering clinical care -- The near future -- The distant future
Summary "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."--Jacket
New communication technologies have changed the world of mental health professionals and their patients. This practical handbook guides readers through the new practice arenas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-504) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Mental health services -- Information technology
Mental health services.
Online data processing.
Medical Informatics Applications
Mental Health Services
Online Systems
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
Mental health services
Online data processing
Form Electronic book
Author Maheu, Marlene M
ISBN 1410611442
9781410611444
0805839887
9780805839883
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