Empirical evidence on the use and effectiveness of telepsychiatry via videoconferencing: Implications for forensic and correctional psychiatry

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-269

  Antonacci, Diana J ^a   Bloch, Richard M ^a   Saeed, Sy Atezaz ^a   Yildirim, Yilmaz ^a   Talley, Jessica ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CASE STUDY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPSYCHIATRY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FORECASTING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRISONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RESEARCH; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 47249084779     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.812     Document Type: Review

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