title: Establishing a telepsychiatry consultation practice in rural Georgia for primary care physicians: a feasibility report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  One approach to solving mental health care disparity issues in rural areas is by establishing a telepsychiatry consultation practice for children, in which a psychiatrist sees a child via videoconferencing for a limited number of sessions and then provides a treatment plan to that child's primary care physician and family.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study offered a 2-session telepsychiatry consultation clinic, consisting of a psychiatric evaluation session and a recommendation session, with patients located remotely in rural Georgia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen consultations with children aged 4 to 18 years (M = 9.73, SD = 3.39) with varying diagnoses were completed. Parental satisfaction with the telepsychiatry consultation model was high, overall mean of 4.58 (SD = 0.63) on a 5-point scale (n = 11).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Establishing a child telepsychiatry consultation practice is feasible in rural areas. This report describes the benefits and challenges of our telepsychiatry consultation clinic with rural pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA. mkjacob@emory.edu
authors.forename: Maryann K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Jacqueline C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: W Edward
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Craighead
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005845:Georgia; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011570:Psychiatry; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*