Rural child and adolescent telepsychiatry: Successes and struggles

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 228-232

  Hilty, Donald M ^a,b   Yellowlees, Peter M ^a,b   Sonik, Priya ^b   Derlet, Mikla ^b   Hendren, Robert L ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; JOB SATISFACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPSYCHIATRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 66849131600     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20090401-08     Document Type: Article

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