Social work and tele-mental health services for rural and remote communities
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2020
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Bryant, L.
Garnham, B.
Tedmanson, D.
Diamandi, S.
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Rashid, T.A.
Chakraborty, C.
Fraser, K.
Chakraborty, C.
Fraser, K.
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Source details - Title: Advances in Telemedicine for Health Monitoring: Technologies, Design and Applications, 2020 / Rashid, T.A., Chakraborty, C., Fraser, K. (ed./s), vol.23, Ch.7, pp.133-147
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Rural and remote communities often have complex and diverse mental health needs and inadequate mental health services and infrastructure. Information and communication technologies provide an array of means for connecting rural and remote communities to specialist mental health practitioners as used in psychiatry and psychology. Social work practitioners have additional skills to bring to tele-mental health and in particular, the socio-cultural dimensions that impact on mental health and therefore the ability to recognize and explore these with participants, as well as, refer participant to resources and services outside of or in addition to psychology or medical fields. However, despite this potential, a review of international literature reveals that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have not attained widespread uptake in social work practice in rural communities. This chapter reviews the social work literature on ICTs, the tele-psychology and psychiatry literature and provides suggestions on how to enhance engagement with ICT by social workers to implement and provide social work services tailored to rural and remote community needs, values and preferences.
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Copyright 2020 The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available on open access