title: Psychiatrist says counselling via e-mail may be yet another medical use for Internet.
abstract: The head of the Personality Disorders Clinic at the University of Michigan recently told the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association that he has used "e-mail counselling" to treat seriously ill patients. He provided some advice about the possible use of e-mail to supplement face-to-face sessions in the psychiatrist's office.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*