Full Description
This casebook provides practical recommendations on a range of issues associated with electronic-based mental health care.
From technologies as simple as the telephone to more advanced webcams and mobile device applications, psychologists are increasingly using technology in their work---a practice known as telepsychology. Telepsychology allows clinicians to conduct remote therapy sessions, supplement in-person sessions with resources and follow-up care, collect and store client data, and more.
The book amp rsquo s recommendations draw from the Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology, which were created jointly by the American Psychological Association, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, and the American Insurance Trust. Each chapter presents a guideline, explains how it relates to professional ethics and standards of care, and applies it to case examples. The richly nuanced case examples depict a broad range of dilemmas that psychologists may encounter when conducing telepsychology, as well as a broad range of settings, including hospitals, community health centers, private practice, industrial/organizational settings, forensic settings, academia, military, and veterans amp rsquo centers. Whatever setting you practice in, you will find guidance for applying technology effectively, legally, and ethically.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Linda F. Campbell, Fred Mill amp aacute n, and Jana N. Martin
Chapter . Competence of the Psychologist
Sara Smucker Barnwell, Russell McCann, and Stephen McCutcheon
Chapter 2. Standards of Care in the Delivery of Telepsychology Services
Ronald S. Palomares
Chapter 3. Informed Consent
Margo Adams Larsen and Cindy Juntunen
Chapter 4. Confidentiality of Data and Information
Julie M. Landry Poole and Bruce E. Crow
Chapter 5. Security and Transmission of Data and Information
Ronald S. Palomares and Thomas W. Miller
Chapter . Disposal of Data, Information, and Technologies
Sara Smucker Barnwell and Margo Adams Larsen
Chapter 7. Testing and Assessment
Bruce E. Crow and Julie M. Landry Poole
Chapter 8. Interjurisdictional Practice
Stephen T. DeMers, Eric Harris, and Deborah C. Baker
Afterword
Linda F. Campbell, Fred Mill amp aacute n, and Jana N. Martin
Appendix: Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology
Index
About the Editors
