title: Reflections on therapy in the era of the internet.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to describe some potential innovations in clinical mental health practice using modern communications technologies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We explored concepts arising from clinical practice and discuss the literature relating to such innovations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Iterative adaptations of technology to clinical mental health practice as well as more speculative interventions are possible within the framework of building evidence-based interventions and maintaining humane engagement.
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for the Neurosciences of Ageing, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, ACT, Australia. jeffrey.looi@act.gov.au
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Looi
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Raphael
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D014584:User-Computer Interface