E Therapy: Case Studies Guiding Principles And The Clinical Potential Inter

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W. W. Norton & Company, Oct 29, 2002 - Computers - 227 pages
In a world of information that tends toward randomness, therapists and clinicians often need guidance regarding how best to use new technologies and yet not allow the chaos of new media to undermine their practice.

Here, a leading provider of online mental health information, Dr. Robert Hsiung, has gathered a group of distinguished contributors to discuss clinical, ethical, and legal issues pertaining to e-therapy. Full of case studies and examples of active programs that deliver mental health information and therapy via new media, E-Therapy offers first-hand accounts of the potential and risks of recent trends in 'distance therapy' and 'telepsychiatry.' Chapters include
  • The Internet 'Expert': Ronald Pies
  • An E-Patient's Story: Martha Ainsworth
  • Chat Room Therapy: Gary S. Stofle
  • Using E-mail to Support Outpatient Treatment: Joel Yager
  • Community Telepsychiatry: Sara F. Gibson
  • An Online Self-Help Group Hosted by a Mental Health Professional: Robert C Hsiung
  • Principles of Professional Ethics: Robert C Hsiung
  • Legal Ethics in On-line Mental Health: Nicholas P. Terry
 

Contents

Promise and Perils
24
Using EMail to Support the Outpatient Treatment
39
A Model Community Telepsychiatry Program in Rural Arizona
69
Chat Room Therapy
92
Clinical Principles to Guide the Practice of ETherapy
136
Suggested Principles of Professional Ethics for ETherapy
150
The Legal Implications of ETherapy
166
My Life as an EPatient
194
Index
217
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About the author (2002)

Robert C Hsiung, M.D., is Deputy Medical Director of the Student Counseling and Resource Service at the University of Chicago and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. As 'Dr. Bob, ' he runs a Web site out of the University of Chicago that provides a wide range of mental health information.

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