E-Therapy: Case Studies, Guiding Principles, and the Clinical Potential of the Internet

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

Product details

• Authors: Robert C. Hsiung
• Assisted by: Robert C. Hsiung (Editor)
• Publisher: Blue Guides Limited of London
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9780393703702
• ISBN: 978-0-393-70370-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 245 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: Norton Professional Books (Pap
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks