Telemental Health: Clinical, Technical, and Administrative Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice

Acquiring access to mental health treatments can be difficult for those who are not near mental health facilities. The growing field of telemental health addresses this problem by using video and telephone conferencing to provide patients with access to psychiatric professionals. However, the process faces challenges to gain adoption into mainstream medical practice and to develop an evidence base supporting its efficacy. In this comprehensive text, leading professionals in the field provide an introduction to telemental health and explore how to construct a therapeutic space in different contexts when conducting telemental health, how to improve access for special populations, and how to develop an evidence base and best practice in telemental health. In the past 15 years, implementation of telemental health has seemed to follow more from need than from demonstrated efficacy. The thorough and insightful chapters within this book show the importance of continued research and thoughtful development of ethical and responsible practice that is needed in the field and begin to lay out steps in constructing this process. Telemental Health will be an essential book for all clinical practitioners and researchers in mental health fields.

Information in this book is focused on the clinical practice of telemental health, no other text is similarly oriented to clinical practice. Limited options for interested audience makes this text a top choiceThe Editors are experienced in multiple aspects of e-health across diverse clinical settings, and the authors are national leaders who are most knowledgeable regarding developments in the fieldEmphasis is on providing evidence-based care, and telemental health emerges as comparable to usual care, not a "second best" option; material is not esoteric but relevant to clinical practice. Readers will be able to readily find the equipment and other technology to establish their practice

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction

CHAPTER TWO: Telemental Health as a Solution to the Widening Gap Between Supply and Demand for Mental Health Services

CHAPTER THREE: Establishing Therapeutic Rapport in Telemental Health

CHAPTER FOUR: Ethical Considerations in Providing Mental Health Services Over Videoteleconferencing

CHAPTER FIVE: Integrating Culturally Appropriate Care into Telemental Health Practice

CHAPTER SIX: Managing Risk and Protecting Privacy in Telemental Health: An Overview of Legal, Regulatory, and Risk Management Issues.

CHAPTER SEVEN: Business Aspects of Telemental Health in Private Practice

CHAPTER EIGHT: Technology Options for the Provision of Mental Health Care Through Videoteleconferencing  

CHAPTER NINE: Telemental Health in Primary Care

CHAPTER TEN: Geriatric Telemental Health

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Child and Adolescent Telemental Health

CHAPTER TWELVE: Rural Veterans and Telemental Health Service Delivery

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Videoteleconferencing in Forensic and Correctional Practice

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Special Considerations for Conducting Neuropsychological Assessment Over Videoteleconferencing.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Special Considerations for Conducting Psychotherapy Over Videoteleconferencing.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Special Considerations for Conducting Psychopharmacologic Treatment Over Videoteleconferencing. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Clinically Informed Telemental Health in Post-Disaster Areas.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Social Networking and Mental Health

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Research in Telemental Helath: Review and Synthesis

CHAPTER TWENTY: Conclusions