E-Therapy: Case Studies, Guiding Principles, and the Clinical Potential of the Internet

Robert C Hsiung, Editor

Overview – Excerpt – Table of Contents

Contents

Contributors

Introduction: The Clinical Potential of the Internet
Robert C. Hsiung

Acknowledgments

1. The Information Explosion in Mental Health
   Robert S. Kennedy
2. The Internet 'Expert': Problems and Perils
   Ronald Pies
3. Using E-Mail to Support the Outpatient Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
   Joel Yager
4. A Model Community Telepsychiatry Program in Rural Arizona
   Sara F. Gibson, Susan Morley, Catherine Romeo-Wolff
5. Chat Room Therapy
   Gary S. Stofle
6. Clinical Principles to Guide the Practice of E-Therapy
   Peter M. Yellowlees
7. Suggested Principles of Professional Ethics for E-Therapy
   Robert C. Hsiung
8. The Legal Implications of E-Therapy
   Nicolas P. Terry
9. My Life as an E-Patient
   Martha Ainsworth

About the Author

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.

ISBN: 0-393-70370-3
October, 2002
Paperback, 250 pages