The evolution of a community-based telepsychiatry program in rural Alabama: lessons learned-a brief report.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the partnership between a community-based rural mental health clinic and an academic health center to provide telepsychiatry services in rural Alabama. The partnership was developed to meet the needs of a clinic that serves an underserved rural population with limited psychiatric services. This paper offers valuable lessons learned for mental health practitioners who may be considering the benefits and challenges of forming community-based partnerships in use of telepsychiatry to build capacity to deliver clinical mental health services to rural mental health shortage areas.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0326, USA. tulzen@cchs.ua.edu
Thaddeus
T
Ulzen
Lloyda
L
Williamson
Pamela Payne
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Foster
Kelley
K
Parris-Barnes
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