Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe the partnership between a community-based rural mental health clinic and an academic
health center to provide telepsychiatry services in rural Alabama. The partnership was developed to meet the needs of a clinic
that serves an underserved rural population with limited psychiatric services. This paper offers valuable lessons learned
for mental health practitioners who may be considering the benefits and challenges of forming community-based partnerships
in use of telepsychiatry to build capacity to deliver clinical mental health services to rural mental health shortage areas.
health center to provide telepsychiatry services in rural Alabama. The partnership was developed to meet the needs of a clinic
that serves an underserved rural population with limited psychiatric services. This paper offers valuable lessons learned
for mental health practitioners who may be considering the benefits and challenges of forming community-based partnerships
in use of telepsychiatry to build capacity to deliver clinical mental health services to rural mental health shortage areas.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-5
- DOI 10.1007/s10597-012-9493-2
- Authors
- Thaddeus Ulzen, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus, Box 870326, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0326, USA
- Lloyda Williamson, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus, Box 870326, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0326, USA
- Pamela Payne Foster, Institute for Rural Health Research, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus, Box 870326, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0326, USA
- Kelley Parris-Barnes, The Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect, 100 North Union Street, St 350, Montgomery, AL, USA
- Journal Community Mental Health Journal
- Online ISSN 1573-2789
- Print ISSN 0010-3853