title: Considerations for Conducting Telemental Health with Children and Adolescents.
abstract: Innovative technologies are increasingly used in order to address gaps in access to child behavioral health care. Telemental health is one technological modality in which child behavioral services can be practiced successfully across psychiatry, psychology, and developmental medicine. The authors discuss relevant issues related to delivering telemental health, including why this modality is necessary for delivery, what models and evidence for telemental health exist, when it should be considered across legal/regulatory and ethical considerations, where telemental health services are delivered, who is involved in delivery, and how best telemental health practices may be implemented with diverse youth.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; KU Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth, University of Kansas Medical Center, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 136, MS 7001, Fairway, KS 66205, USA. Electronic address: enelson2@kumc.edu.
authors.forename: Eve-Lynn
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Department, University of Kansas Medical Center, MS 4015, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Department, University of Kansas Medical Center, MS 4015, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
keywords: Health information technologies; Outreach with underserved populations; Telemedicine; Telemental health; Telepsychiatry