Career Paths in Telemental Health

I. Introduction.- Technology: Revolutionizing the Delivery of Health Behavior Change Interventions with Integrated Care.-  Tackling Changes in Mental Health Practice: The Impact of Information Age Health Care.-  Crisis in the Behavioral Health Classroom: Enhancing Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes in Telehealth Training.-  Internet Gaming Disorder and Internet Addiction Disorder: Future Careers in Research, Education and Treatment.-  Using Technology in Behavior Analysis: A Journey into Telepractice.-  The Law of Telemental Health.- II. Special topics and Personal Perspectives.-  Making iCBT Available in Primary Care Settings - Bridging the Gap Between Research and Regular Healthcare.- Technology Use in Behavioral Medicine Health.-  New Adventures in Independent Practice: Leveraging Technology to Treat Underserved, Rural Populations in Skilled Nursing Facilities.- Telepsychiatry Takes Teamwork.- Personal Health Records, Patient Portals, and Mental Health Care.- Work with Behavioral Health Technology.- The accidental telepsychologist: Creating opportunities in a burgeoning field.-  Treating Emotional Consequences of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence via Telehealth.-  Engaging and Supporting Children and Families: Technology-Enhanced Services Research.-  The Application of Technology to an Academic Clinical Practice and Career: Evidence-based Medicine, Telepsychiatry, and Distance Education.-  Enhancing Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with a Virtual Mindfulness Coach.-  Getting Better: How a Client Satisfaction Survey Can Enhance Both Your Marketing and Treatment Outcomes.-  How a decade of telemedicine has re-shaped a career.-  Work Smarter, Not Harder: Expanding the Treatment Capacity of a University Counseling Center Using Therapist-Assisted Online Treatment for Anxiety.-  Improving Veterans' Access to Trauma Services through Clinical Video Telehealth.-

Consultant, trainer, author and researcher, Marlene M.Maheu, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the TeleMental HealthInstitute, Inc., where she has overseen the developmentand delivery of professional training in telemental health via an eLearningplatform that serves thousands of clinicians seeking professional training andconsultation from more than 39 countries worldwide.For more than twenty years, Dr. Maheu's focus has the legaland ethical risk management issues related to the use of technologies to betterserve behavioral health clients and patients. She has served on a dozenprofessional association committees and task forces related toestablishing standards and guidelines telehealth. Shehas written dozens of peer-reviewed articles and is lead author of multipletelehealth textbooks. Dr. Maheu is a technology developer and lecturesinternationally on the subject of best practices in the use of varioustechnologies. She is a staunch advocate for technological change to reach morepeople, reduce health care costs and improve the quality of care via self-help,wireless technologies and telepractice.Kenneth Drude, Ph.D. has a doctorate in counseling psychology from theUniversity of Illinois. His telemental health interests include the ethics,standards, guidelines, policy and regulation of telemental health practice, andinterprofessional relations. He chaired an Ohio Psychological Association committeethat developed the first psychological association telepsychology guidelines inthe United States in 2008. Dr. Drude served on the Ohio PsychologicalAssociation governing board for 28 years in various capacities and as editor ofThe Ohio Psychologist. He currently isthe president of the Ohio Board of Psychology. He was a member of theAssociation for State and Provincial Psychology Board's Telepsychology TaskForce that developed an interstate psychology compact. He currently providesoutpatient psychological services in a general private practice in Dayton,Ohio.Dr. Shawna Wright