Virtual Mental Health Care for Rural and Underserved Settings 9783031119866

Springer International Publishing

Donald M. Hilty - Matthew C. Mishkind \u2022 Tania S. Malik - Allison Crawford Editors\nVirtual Mental Health Care for Rural and Underserved Settings\nThis book focuses on the critical area of delivering mental health services in rural settings. It is designed as a practical guide to the technological provision of timely, effective, evidence-based care, helpful to the novice and the experienced practitioner alike.\nThe benefits of this approach are:\n--\uFEFF\uFEFFImproved access to and improved quality of care\n--\uFEFF\uFEFFTechnical support for providers and administrators\n--\uFEFF\uFEFFA means of providing missing specialty care\n--\uFEFF\uFEFFAn ability to maximize scarce resources and significant flexibility for health service delivery.\nThe book will cover how to adjust therapeutic skills to patients' needs, models of care and the particular technology used. It shows how rudimentary design of workflow can assist in integrating care, and highlights the importance of allowing f""