Addressing the mental health needs of the rural underserved: Findings from a multiple case study of a behavioral telehealth project
Addressing the mental health needs of the rural underserved: Findings from a multiple case study of a behavioral telehealth project
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DOI：
10.1023/b:coft.0000031242.83259.fa
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Flack, P
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作者：
Bischoff, RJ;Hollist, CS;Flack, P
行为远程保健是解决许多农村社区存在的精神卫生保健可获得性问题的合理解决方案。本文报告了通过婚姻和家庭治疗培训计划实施的行为远程保健计划的多个案例研究的结果。结果表明，利用现有的远程教育技术，可以有效地向服务不足的农村人口提供精神卫生服务。农村社区在获得精神卫生保健方面有独特的障碍，其中一些障碍可以通过远程提供服务来克服，有些则不能。为了有效地提供治疗，治疗师和客户都必须适应这项技术。
Behavioral telehealth is a reasonable solution to the accessibility to mental health care problem that exists in many rural communities. This paper reports the results of a multiple case study of a behavioral telehealth program administered through a marriage and family therapy training program. The results suggest that mental health services can be effectively delivered using existing distance education technology to underserved rural populations. Rural communities have unique barriers to accessing mental health care, some of which can be overcome through the distance delivery of services and some of which cannot. In order to effectively deliver treatment, accommodations to the technology must be made by both therapist and client.