TY - JOUR
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Minnesota
KW - Organizational Case Studies
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
KW - Rural Health Services/organization & administration/supply & distribution
KW - Telemedicine/organization & administration
AU - G. L. Davis
AU - J. G. Boulger
AU - J. C. Hovland
AU - N. T. Hoven
A1 - 
AB - Mental health care shortages in rural areas have resulted in the majority of services being offered through primary medical care settings. The authors argue that a paradigm shift must occur so that those in need of mental health care have reasonable, timely access to these services. Changes proposed include integrating mental health services into primary medical care settings, moving away from the traditional view of mental health care services (one therapist, one hour, and one client), and increasing the consultative role of psychologists and other mental health care providers in primary medical care. Characteristics of mental health providers that facilitate effective integration into primary medical care are presented. The results of a needs assessment survey and an example of a telemental health project are described. This project involved brief consultations with patients and their physicians from a shared care model using a broadband internet telecommunications link between a rural clinic and mental health service providers in an urban area.
BT - Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
C5 - HIT & Telehealth
CP - 3
CY - United States
IS - 3
JF - Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
N2 - Mental health care shortages in rural areas have resulted in the majority of services being offered through primary medical care settings. The authors argue that a paradigm shift must occur so that those in need of mental health care have reasonable, timely access to these services. Changes proposed include integrating mental health services into primary medical care settings, moving away from the traditional view of mental health care services (one therapist, one hour, and one client), and increasing the consultative role of psychologists and other mental health care providers in primary medical care. Characteristics of mental health providers that facilitate effective integration into primary medical care are presented. The results of a needs assessment survey and an example of a telemental health project are described. This project involved brief consultations with patients and their physicians from a shared care model using a broadband internet telecommunications link between a rural clinic and mental health service providers in an urban area.
PP - United States
PY - 2007
SN - 1074-7583; 1074-7583
SP - 237
EP - 246
EP - 
T1 - The integration of a telemental health service into rural primary medical care
T2 - Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
TI - The integration of a telemental health service into rural primary medical care
U1 - HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 17892067
VL - 13
VO - 1074-7583; 1074-7583
Y1 - 2007
ER -