Full Description
Now in its second edition, A Practitioner's Guide to Telemental Health is significantly updated with coverage of current best practices, evidence-based recommendations, and attention to nuanced refinements of telemental health in the face of recent accelerated growth in the field, due in part to the Covid- 9 pandemic.
Telemental health, or TMH, has become integral to nearly all aspects of behavioral health service, including research and delivery of treatment, assessment, psychoeducation, training, supervision, and consultation. This has removed significant barriers to care access for many underserved groups however, it also means that the field overall must build its capacity to provide TMH.
This book is for seasoned clinicians as well as new providers preparing to enter the mental and behavioral health care professions. Its chapters provide a guide for increasing TMH competencies, which require keeping up-to-date with the scientific evidence base and ongoing collegial discussion with informed leaders in the clinical, ethical, and legal realms.
Readers will benefit from the research presented, as well as the description of practical steps they can take to ensure they are providing rewarding, safe, and quality TMH care for their patients.
Contents
Foreword-Gerald P. Koocher
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Telemental Health Moves From the Margins Into the Mainstream
Chapter . Concepts, Principles, and Benefits of Telemental Health
Chapter 2. Overview of Telemental Health Technologies
Chapter 3. Ethical, Legal, and Risk Management Considerations
Chapter 4. Establishing a Telemental Health Practice
Chapter 5. Safety and Emergency Planning and Management
Chapter . Providing Direct Clinical Care
Chapter 7. Conducting Psychological Assessments
Chapter 8. Telesupervision and Training in Telepractice
Chapter 9. Ethical Telepractice With Historically Underserved Populations
Chapter . Optimizing Practitioner Skills and Resilience
Chapter . Conclusion: A Call to Action and Telemental Health Leadership
References
Index
About the Authors
