title: Telemedicine in children and adolescents.
abstract: Psychiatric care for children and adolescents is limited in remote and underserved areas because of the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Telepsychiatry has the potential to alleviate this problem. This article reviews the procedures used to develop telepsychiatry, equipment needed for videoconferencing in telepsychiatry, benefits and limitations of telepsychiatry, and confidentiality issues in telepsychiatry. Many questions regarding confidentiality, legality, reimbursement, cost-effectiveness, and technology still need to be resolved. However, telepsychiatry has the potential to be a useful treatment alternative.
authors.affiliation: wynn_paing@msn.com
authors.forename: Wynn W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Paing
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Taliba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Birnkrant
authors.forename: Elizabeth B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D049269:Videoconferencing / Q000295:instrumentation