Telemedicine in children and adolescents.
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.
Paing
Wynn W
WW
wynn_paing@msn.com
Weller
Ronald A
RA
Welsh
Bill
B
Foster
Taliba
T
Birnkrant
Jennifer M
JM
Weller
Elizabeth B
EB
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