Mental Health Practitioners’ Use and Attitudes Regarding the Internet and Social Media

Deen, Serina; Withers, Amy; Hellerstein, David J.

doi:10.1097/01.pra.0000438184.74359.88

Cited by 47 publications

(46 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Screening the current literature, it becomes obvious that there are areas where Skype conferences have now become essential and have proven just as effective by maintaining total patient satisfaction and a salient outcome: mental healthcare professionals have increasingly incorporated Internet technologies into their professional lives, (14) and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has indicated that telehealth should be considered when attempting to address barriers to service provision and access (15). Similar to the positive results of these studies, our data show that videoconferencing is not only feasible and reliable in a highly specialized field such as ITX, but was also strongly supported by our patients.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In line with such conclusions, a recent report from "The Telegraph" stated that telehealth has the potential to cut the annual 517 000 outpatient appointments by 35% and could prevent up to 180 000 people a year having to take time off work, travel to clinics, or find child care during appointments. The reforms toward telehealth and videoconferencing would therefore improve the lives of most patients and save Great Britain Pounds (GBP) 2.9 billion almost immediately (14).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Skype clinics after intestinal transplantation – follow‐up beyond post codes

Gerlach

Vrakas

Holdaway

et al. 2016

Clinical Transplantation

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The follow-up after intestinal transplantation (ITX) is complex and limited to specialized centers. ITX recipients often travel all over the country to be seen in the outpatient clinic of specialized centers which is costly and time-consuming. Videoconferences through Skype have been implemented to eliminate travel time, costs, and to improve patient compliance without jeopardizing safety. Eighteen of 19 patients followed up after ITX or modified multivisceral transplantation (MMVTX) in conventional outpatient clinics in Oxford agreed to attend additional Skype clinics. All patients who were followed up through Skype clinics after ITX/MMVTX received a questionnaire to measure their satisfaction with methods and technical aspects of videoconferencing as well as time/mode of traveling, travel expenses/costs, waiting time in outpatient clinic and patients' satisfaction. Mean travel distance to Oxford was 236 ± 168 miles, mean travel time was 277 ± 175 min, and mean travel cost was 200 ± 56 Great Britain Pounds. A total of 56% had to take time off work and/or find child/family care for the time spent in travel. These patients reported a satisfaction score of 4.38 ± 0.77 of 5 points as opposed to 2.88 ± 0.90 for attending the conventional outpatient clinic. Skype clinics have been proven successful and feasible in highly specialized fields like ITX in eligible patients.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Skype clinics after intestinal transplantation – follow‐up beyond post codes

Gerlach

Vrakas

Holdaway

et al. 2016

Clinical Transplantation

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Professionals in clinical settings differ in their views of the incorporation of technology into their practice [15] and vary in terms of their online presence [16]. If social media websites are associated with negative outcomes, it would be extremely useful to mental health practitioners to develop a keener understanding of these millions-strong vulnerable populations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychiatrists’ Perceptions of Facebook and Other Social Media

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The literature has seen a surge in research on the mental health impacts of technologies such as Facebook, Twitter and other social media, but little is known regarding how mental health workers perceive patients and clients who report use of such technologies. The present study examines how psychiatrists perceive social media and whether they make use of it. Psychiatrists (N = 48) at a tertiary care centre in Canada completed a questionnaire assessing history of using social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Google Plus and status update sites (SUSs) such as Twitter and Livejournal and whether they associate them with psychopathology. 38.5 % have used SNSs and 9.8 % have used SUSs. Only 37 % believed there was an association between psychopathology and SNSs while 33 % believed there was an association between psychopathology and SUSs. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed.

show abstract

“…In addition, just one-third of commentators shared their commentary with colleagues, but a further one-fifth wanted to. EBMH could do more to facilitate this, perhaps using social media, as increasing numbers of researchers and clinicians use this as a platform for information sharing and discussion 11. We were eager to see how the new format of the commentaries compared with the old.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%