Citation

McGinn MM, Roussev MS, Shearer EM, McCann RA, Rojas SM, Felker BL. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2019; 42(4): 587-595.

Affiliation

VA Puget Sound Health Care System, S-116-MHC, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2019.08.009

PMID

31672209

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that the delivery of mental health services via clinical video telehealth (CVT) is an effective means of providing services to individuals with access barriers, such as rurality. However, many providers have concerns about working with individuals at risk for suicide via this modality, and many clinical trials have excluded individuals with suicide risk factors. The present article reviews the literature, professional guidelines, and laws that pertain to the provision of mental health services via CVT with high-risk patients and provides suggestions for adapting existing best-practice recommendations for assessing and managing suicide risk to CVT delivery.

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Access to health care; Mental health services; Suicide; Telemedicine