Practitioner's comer: Psychiatrists' use of electronic communication and social media and a proposed framework for future guidelines

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-263

  Koh, Steve ^a,h   Cattell, Gwyn M ^b   Cochran, David M ^c   Krasner, Aaron ^d   Langheim, Frederick J P ^e   Sasso, David A ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Mid Fairfield Child Guidance Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Consent; Email; Facebook; Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry; Guidelines; Internet; Online presence; Privacy; Psychiatry; Social media; Survey; Texting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL MEDIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885031398     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000430511.90509.e2     Document Type: Article

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