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"A practical guide discussing how to develop and maximise digital technology within the mental health service, this book demonstrates how to gain the most from new technologies and meet rising demands. Essential for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and other mental health professionals, as well as managers and policy makers"--
List of contents
Introduction Rob Waller, Mark Lovell and Omer Moghraby; 1. Working with IT systems: the benefits and the challenges Fionnbar Lenihan; 2. Technology enabled care Donald Macintyre; 3. Note keeping in the digital age: making good use of electronic records systems Hashim Reza; 4. Big Data: the new epidemiology Lucy Stirland, Tom Russ and Tom Foley; 5. Artificial intelligence: why we need it and why we need to be cautious Dr Lesa S Wright; 6. Digital clinicians: growing a different type of healthcare professional James Reed and Omer Moghraby; 7. Global Telepsychiatry: the changing face of psychiatric practice Peter Yellowlees; 8. The integration agenda: getting everything joined up Rob Waller and James Reed; 9. Digital wellbeing: using technology well Paul Bradley and Toral Thomas; 10. Conclusion: the future of mental health Rob Waller, Mark Lovell and Omer Moghraby; Appendix.
About the author
Dr Rob Waller is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Director of Medical Education with NHS Lothian, where he is also Digital Mental Health Lead. He is responsible for coordinating all aspects of digital development within mental health including electronic records, decision support, analytics and digital maturity.Dr Omer S. Moghraby is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Chief Digital Information Officer at West London NHS Trust. He is also senior clinical advisor on the CAMHS Digital Lab at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London. He was previously deputy Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at South London & the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He has served on the RCPysch Informatics Committee for a number of years, leading on a number of national digital mental health projects and documents.Dr Mark Lovell is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatrist and former Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. He previously represented both the Intellectual Disability and Child and Adolescent faculties at the RCPsych Informatics Committee. He lectures and trains internationally in his specialist areas of Childhood Intellectual Disabilities and Autism as well as doing research.
