title: Practice parameter for telepsychiatry with children and adolescents.
abstract: This practice parameter discusses the use of telepsychiatry to provide services to children and adolescents. The parameter defines terms and reviews the status of telepsychiatry as a mode of health service delivery. Because many of the issues addressed are unique to telepsychiatry, the parameter presents principles for establishing a telepsychiatry service and optimizing clinical practice within that service. The principles presented are based on existing scientific evidence and clinical consensus. Telepsychiatry is still evolving, and this parameter represents a first approach to determining "best practices." The parameter emphasizes the integration of telepsychiatry within other practice parameters of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000592:standards; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014584:User-Computer Interface