title: [Health 2.0 for psychiatrists].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The internet used to be mainly 'one-way traffic' (1.0). Nowadays it is becoming easy for internet users to communicate with each other via the web (2.0).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the concept of Health 2.0 and to explore the possibilities of 2.0-technology for psychiatry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information was sourced from the literature and the internet. results Health 2.0 makes it possible for patients and health professionals to exchange information on such a large scale that new knowledge is generated. This will alter the relationship between doctor and patient. Increasingly, the patient is able to take the initiative. The interactive and open character of the internet leads to new discussions and can eventually improve psychiatric care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health 2.0 is an important development for psychiatrists.
authors: Delta Zorgboulevard, Delta Psychiatrisch Centrum. Rotterdam. r.hoekstra@deltapsy.nl
authors: R
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authors: Hoekstra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends