Technology in the Supervision of Mental Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
pp. 114-131
Author(s):  
James R. Stefurak ◽  
Daniel W. Surry ◽  
Richard L. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Constructivist Epistemology

As communication technology is increasingly applied to the training and supervision of mental health professionals, a more robust analysis of how such approaches fundamentally change the relationship between supervisor and supervisee and how these approaches both enhance and limit the outcomes of supervision is sorely needed. In this chapter clinical supervision is defined and discussed and the various technology platforms that have been used to conduct supervision at-a-distance are reviewed along with the supervision outcomes observed in the research literature with each method. The potential for technology to reduce geographic and financial barriers to the provision of quality supervision is discussed. However, the chapter also outlines the potential negative impacts technology might have to the supervisory relationship, the ethical dilemmas posed by technology-mediated supervision, and the ways in which technology-mediated supervision may place limits upon the elements of supervision that rely upon a constructivist epistemology.

Technology in the Supervision of Mental Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
pp. 1656-1673
Author(s):  
James R. Stefurak ◽  
Daniel W. Surry ◽  
Richard L. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Constructivist Epistemology

As communication technology is increasingly applied to the training and supervision of mental health professionals, a more robust analysis of how such approaches fundamentally change the relationship between supervisor and supervisee and how these approaches both enhance and limit the outcomes of supervision is sorely needed. In this chapter clinical supervision is defined and discussed and the various technology platforms that have been used to conduct supervision at-a-distance are reviewed along with the supervision outcomes observed in the research literature with each method. The potential for technology to reduce geographic and financial barriers to the provision of quality supervision is discussed. However, the chapter also outlines the potential negative impacts technology might have to the supervisory relationship, the ethical dilemmas posed by technology-mediated supervision, and the ways in which technology-mediated supervision may place limits upon the elements of supervision that rely upon a constructivist epistemology.

scholarly journals The Impact of Bipolar Disorder on Couple Functioning: Implications for Care and Treatment. A Systematic Review

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Azorin ◽  
Antoine Lefrere ◽  
Raoul Belzeaux
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Bipolar Illness ◽  
Couple Functioning ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

If there is an abundant literature on the impact of bipolar illness on the family and/or caregivers of patients, few studies have addressed its impact on marital relationship and couple functioning. Uncovering information relating specifically to this topic may be particularly relevant due to the unusually high divorce rate among individuals with bipolar disorder. We therefore conducted a systematic literature search to evaluate the existing data on bipolar disorder and marital issues, with a special focus on the help and support that can be provided by mental health professionals in this regard. We identified quantitative studies with pre-defined outcomes as well as qualitative investigations trying to understand the experiences of partners. A total of 27 articles were included in the review. The literature was found to capture the impact of bipolar disorder on partners as well as on the marital relationship itself or the children. Bipolar illness has a negative impact on the lives of partners including self-sacrifice, caregiver burden, emotional impact, and health problems. This negative impact can be aggravated by a lack of care and a lack of information from health personnel. The negative impact on the relationship includes volatility in the relationship, stigmatization, dissatisfaction with sexual life, and lower rates of childbearing. Negative impacts are likely to favor disease relapses for the patient. Children may also be negatively impacted. However, the illness may sometimes have positive impacts such as personal evolution, strengthening relationship, or new hope and perspectives. Based on these findings, the interventions of mental health professionals should be aimed at minimizing the negative impacts while favoring the positive ones.

scholarly journals ANZAED practice and training standards for dietitians providing eating disorder treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Heruc ◽  
Susan Hart ◽  
Garalynne Stiles ◽  
Kate Fleming ◽  
Anjanette Casey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Eating Disorder Treatment ◽  
Training Standards ◽  
Disorder Treatment ◽  
And Training

Abstract Introduction Dietitians involved in eating disorder treatment are viewed as important members of the multidisciplinary team. However, the skills and knowledge that they require are not well characterised. Therefore, as part of a broader project to identify the key principles and clinical practice and training standards for mental health professionals and dietitians providing eating disorder treatment, the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) sought to identify the key practice and training standards specific to dietitians. An expert working group of dietitians was convened to draft the initial dietetic standards. After expert review, feedback on the revised standards was then provided by 100 health professionals working within the eating disorder sector. This was collated into a revised version made available online for public consultation, with input received from treatment professionals, professional bodies and consumer/carer organisations. Recommendations Dietitians providing treatment to individuals with an eating disorder should follow ANZAED’s general principles and clinical practice standards for mental health professionals and dietitians. In addition, they should also be competent in the present eating disorder-specific standards based around the core dietetic skills of screening, professional responsibility, assessment, nutrition diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and evaluation. Conclusions These standards provide guidance on the expectations of dietetic management to ensure the safe and effective treatment of individuals with an eating disorder. Implications for professional development content and training providers are discussed, as well as the importance of clinical supervision to support professional self-care and evidence-informed and safe practice for individuals with an eating disorder.

Step 6: Talking More About Confidentiality: Educating Each Other and the Public

2013 ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Mary Alice Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
Student Training

Chapter 9 is about the importance of creating conversations, how therapists’ policies about confidentiality are not confidential, and that the dilemmas therapists face in upholding their policies can be talked about, with each other and with others, as long as patients are not identified. It also discusses the shared language that all mental health professionals can use for creating clearer conversations with each other about this difficult aspect of practice, and that can be helpful for structuring student training and supervision about confidentiality, for teaching staff and employees in clinical settings, and for writing on the topic in academic and clinical journals, as well as for educating attorneys, judges, legislators, and the public.

Psychologists’ Judgments of Psychologically Aggressive Actions When Perpetrated by a Husband Versus a Wife

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane R. Follingstad ◽  
Dana D. DeHart ◽  
Eric P. Green
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Judgments ◽  
Female Behavior ◽  
Psychologically Abusive

Research literature suggests that clinical judgments of men’s versus women’s behavior and symptoms typically rate the men as more pathological and dangerous. To determine whether this view would extend to assessments of psychologically aggressive actions, two separate versions of a survey listing potentially psychologically abusive behaviors perpetrated by either a wife toward her husband or the identical actions perpetrated by a husband toward his wife were sent to a nationwide sampling of practicing psychologists. Results indicated that psychologists, irrespective of demographics, rated the husband’s behavior as more likely to be psychologically abusive and more severe in nature than the wife’s use of the same actions. Psychologists did not differentially rely on any of the three contextual factors (i.e., frequency/duration, intent of the perpetrator, and perception of the recipient) to influence their determination that a behavior was “psychological abuse” dependent upon whether the initiator of the psychological actions was the husband or the wife. Future research could assess more directly the rationale for the psychologists’ differing views of male versus female behavior. In addition, more normative information is needed to inform mental health professionals as to the prevalence and severity of psychologically aggressive actions in the general population.

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