Using the Internet to Find CAIM Resources for Mental Health Professionals and Their Older Patients

2015 ◽  
pp. 295-304
Author(s):  
Ellen Gay Detlefsen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
The Internet

scholarly journals Which patients do GPs refer to which professional

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 584-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. O'Neill-Byrne ◽  
Sally M. Browning
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Professional ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Case Note ◽  
London Borough ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Case Note Review

Referral rates to three groups of mental health professionals working In primary care were compared. All patients referred over an 18-month period at two health centres in an outer London borough were assessed by case-note review and data were collected on 181 consecutive referrals. In general, younger, more socially-stable patients were referred to the psychologist and older patients were seen by the CPN. The psychologist saw most new patients; patients previously seen by a psychiatrist were most likely to be referred again to a psychiatrist. Patients requesting referral to a mental health professional were most likely to be referred to the psychologist. Patients with a diagnosis of psychosis were seen mainly by the psychiatrist and the CPN; the psychiatrist saw most patients with a personality disorder. A high proportion of patients were seen for assessment only. In general, all interventions were brief. There was evidence of selection by GPs in the referral of patients to each mental health professional.

Identifying Risk Factors and Enhancing Protective Factors to Prevent Adolescent Victimization on the Internet

2010 ◽  
pp. 152-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E. Call ◽  
Jason J. Burrow-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Online Victimization ◽  
Media Reports

The Internet is widely used among adolescents. Although the Internet is a beneficial tool for youth, some children and adolescents are at risk for being victimized online. Media reports portraying online predators and their victims have received increasing publicity. However, some information in these stories can be inaccurate or misleading. Therefore, it is important that mental health professionals and parents receive accurate information about online victimization in order to protect youth from harm. The purpose of this chapter is to provide research-based information on adolescent Internet use and the risk factors associated with online victimization. Further, recommendations for increasing protective factors are provided as a means to keep youth safe while using the Internet.

Contagion, Identity, Misinformation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis C. Charland
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Emotional Contagion ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Challenges

The evolution of the internet and associated social media pose novel challenges for psychiatric ethics. Issues surrounding emotional contagion, personal identity, and misinformation figure importantly among these new challenges, with important consequences for consumers of mental health services, as well as psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. The evolution of the internet and associated social media pose novel challenges for psychiatric ethics. Issues surrounding emotional contagion, personal identity, and misinformation figure importantly among these new challenges, with important consequences for consumers of mental health services, as well as psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.

Mutual Biases Underlying the Problematic Relationship between Older Adults and Mental Health Providers: Any Solution in Sight?

2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Laganà ◽  
Sheri Shanks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mental Health Provider ◽  
Mental Health Providers ◽  
Health Providers

As the size and diversity of the older population increases, mental health providers will be called upon to deliver high-quality services to the elderly. However, many of these professionals hold negative attitudes toward the elderly; psychotherapy conducted with older adults by clinicians with such biases could represent a waste of time and energy, as well as money, for these clients. This article reviews studies conducted within the past three decades on the biases held by mental health professionals (primarily psychiatrists and psychologists) toward older patients and vice versa. It also discusses possible solutions to the conflicts within the elderly-mental health provider relationship, based on the contributions made by professionals from various health care disciplines on this topic. Moreover, this article takes into account various ethnicity-related issues that are often at play in the relationship in question, and provides research and clinical recommendations for the enhancement of the quality of this relationship. It is time to find successful and interdisciplinary ways to improve how older adults and mental health professionals deal with one another. These efforts should creatively enhance the quality of the mental health services offered to older patients, in addition to dispelling age-related myths and corresponding obstacles to the utilization of these needed services by older adults.

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