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Product details
- ISBN 9780393703702
- Weight: 398g
- Dimensions: 155 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 19 Nov 2002
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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
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.
