PICO Research Proposal

Mental health services conducted on the Internet have been described as e-therapy, online counseling, e -mail therapy, Internet-based therapy, and similar terminology. Online therapy services may be provided as an adjunct to more traditional forms of mental health treatment, or may be initiated without any offline contact between the therapist and client. Currently, there are a variety of websites providing links and information regarding online therapy. As I was reading about benefits and risks in using internet as a source for

Patient Adherence: There is no known cure for chronic disease, the progressive nature of chronic disease the patient and family must adjust to continual treatment changes, and the chronic disease continues throughout the patient’s lifetime developmental and lifestyle changes often influence or pose additional challenges to the person with a chronic

The provision of health care services being informed by principles of evidence-based care, integration and patient engagement has mixed outcomes for mental health care. Evidence-based care focuses heavily on psychopharmaceuticals compared to psychotherapy in terms of funding because it is easier to present results of different drugs (quantitative data) than to present results of therapy (ex. CBT → qualitative data).

Goss S., & Anthony, K. (2009). Developments in the use of technology in counselling and psychother

This week, I decided to reflect solely on the reading entitled “Announcing the Mental Health Engagement Network (MHEN) Lawson, TELUS Health and Canada Health Infoway launch the Mental Health Engagement Network initiative to measure effectiveness of new technology in ongoing health management.” This is because mental health is something that is near and dear to my heart. Over my lifetime, I have seen a three people very close to me struggle with mental illness, which has not only been difficult on them, but also on myself. When reading about the use of cell phones to help improve mental health and wellness, I found it to be a fantastic idea as patient’s are able to track their daily progress, issues, and are in relatively constant contact with

Medication is an important treatment for individuals with schizophrenia disorder. Antipsychotics, mood stabilizers and antidepressants are the most popular for treating these individuals (Rubin, Springer, & Trawver, 2010). Because their treatment revolves around medication to help stabilize them, it is important to set up behavioral tailoring interventions. Behavioral tailoring involves cues that remind the individual to take their medication, usually paired with routines (Rubin, Springer, & Trawver, 2010). These routines could be anything from teeth rushing to brushing your hair, and involve set reminders to take the medication (Rubin, Springer, & Trawver, 2010). The adherence to taking the medication has a long-term improvement on their disorder (Rubin, Springer, & Trawver, 2010). Although this is only effective with

Bauer MS. 2002. A review of quantitative studies of adherence to mental health clinical practice guidelines. Harvard Review of Psychiatry 10(3):138–153.

CCM-based interventions, which include care managers, mental health integration, and patient education, are most likely to be implemented successfully because they effectively address several important barriers to care and are endorsed by physicians. Practices considering the adoption of interventions that received less support should educate physicians about the benefit of the interventions and attend to physician concerns prior to implementation. A focus on interventions that address systems-related barriers is needed to overcome all barriers to care (Henke et al.,

4) Do your alternate search strategies narrow or expand the material expected to be returned in each search? My first alternate search strategy of using the “AND” Boolean operator narrowed my search material results the most. My second alternate search strategy of using the “OR” Boolean operator expanded my

The use of technology to deliver or facilitate access to mental health services is an advance in the field meant to embody the basic ethical principles of the American Psychological Association (APA) (2002). The ethical shortcomings of this process will be discussed in further detail below, but it is equally important to emphasize that the ethical benefits outweigh the ethical concerns. To deny at-need populations access to mental health services when technology can be used as an avenue to provide it violates APA Principles A,B,D, and E (APA, 2002).

All information within the article is considered appropriate because all information is cited and factual in American Psychological Association format. The overall article is organized in paragraph structure with proper headings and allows for clear and organized reading. The article begins by summarizing what the article hopes to accomplish which is “the purpose of the present article is to define mHealth within clinical psychology, provide a review and discussion of the functionality of mHealth devices, current trends within the field of psychological mHealth, the challenges faced by researchers and clinicians in this field, and examine directions for future research.” The article ends by summarizing the information written in the article by having a conclusion. The structure is clear enough that the reader can understand the meaning of the article which is to highlight how technology, specifically smart phones can affect mental health treatments. The author marks the structure by using headings such as “Advantages of mHealth Technology” and “Mobile Phones for EMA”. This helps organize the article and helps the overall effect of the article on the reader. The authors, Clough and Casey make the structure by using headings for each section, which allows the reader to clearly follow the information in the

The authors indicate that the intention of all these new systems/strategies is to increase the available programs for sustaining self-management. Another purpose is the establishment and employment of a series of interferences that make use of new media to amplify evidence-based strategies of patient intervention and assessment that previously have occurred within the medical setting rather than the everyday environments in ways that are complimentary to the age, lifestyle and cultural setting of a patient. The basis for the new interference is that

While doing some of my research, I chose to use Computer Source as my database. The main subject of the database was trends in technology. It allowed me to search trends from any time which was particularly helpful for my topic. The type of search that can be completed using this database is Boolean searching. This type of searching style came in handy because the information I was searching for involved the cyber world, so it made it easier to differentiate which aspect of the cyber world I was researching. For example, differentiating between Cyber Terrorism and Terrorism or Cyber Warfare. Computer Source lets its users search by publication date rather than by scholarship level. Computer Source also showed similarities with Academic Search Complete in that they shared similar fields. But after conducting similar searches, Computer Source provided me with more relevant information. Overall, my search results were more refined and

Non-adherences to medication is widespread among patients (Margaret A. Chesney; 2000).An estimated average rate of patient that non-adhere to the antiretroviral (ARV) treatment therapy ranges from about 50-70%( Margaret A. Chesney; 2000)

The digital age has brought about many changes in the way we conduct business, education, entertainment and mental health. The trend to incorporate technology into our mental health programs, while in its infancy, continues to grow in popularity and use by both educational and private mental health providers. There has been a great deal of discussion on the methods, ethics, problems and benefits of this new technology, however little research has been done on the effectiveness of this method of counseling on clients.