Course Category: Technology and Counseling

This course examines the role and implementation of telehealth in the treatment of Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Substance Use Disorders (SUD.) It includes an issue brief, what the research...  Read More

The authors define and explore benefits and risks for using Mental Health Apps to augment counseling services. After ethical concerns are identified and explained, the authors suggest strategies for insuring...  Read More

Blended group therapy combines group sessions with Web- and mobile-based treatment modules. Consequently, blended group therapy widens the choice within blended interventions at reasonable costs. This is the first qualitative...  Read More

Depression is expected to be the leading cause of disability worldwide by 2030. Rural areas without access to traditional therapeutic interventions may be most susceptible to continued or exacerbated problems...  Read More

The behavioral health of spouses/partners of members of the military with alcohol abuse can be a focus of addressing a larger problem of substance abuse in the military. This is...  Read More

This course is a review of existing literature in the treating of co-occurring SUD and psychiatric disorders in the use of Technology Based Interventions (TBI). Studies mostly examined SUD with...  Read More

A quantitative study comparing the effectiveness of an online program using cognitive-behavioral therapy with an online program using progressive muscle relaxation for symptom reduction for OCD.  Read More

The provision of telemental health services is expanding in an effort to meet a wide array of needs, situations, and populations. Various stakeholders, from payors and politicians to clinicians and...  Read More

The number of mental health apps (MHapps) developed and now available to smartphone mobile phone users has increased in recent years. MHapps, mobile apps, and other technology-based solutions have the...  Read More

Part 2 chapter 1 targets behavioral health program administrators who wish to adopt or expand technology-assisted care (TAC) in their organizations, as well as clinical supervisors and behavioral health service...  Read More

In part 1 chapter 2, you will meet several counselors who provide technology-assisted care (TAC) to clients who have mental or substance use disorders in various settings, Each vignette begins...  Read More

Digital media and resources, such as email, smartphone/tablet ap­plications (apps), online forums, Web sites, DVDs, CD-ROMs, blogs, computer software, online social networks, telephone and tele-video communication, and mobile devices are...  Read More

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a structured outpatient treatment developed by Dr Marsha Linehan for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Dialectical behavior therapy is based on cognitive- behavioral...  Read More

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth and other young people who are diverse in terms of their sexuality and gender (LGBT+) are at an elevated risk of mental health...  Read More

Social workers have been increasingly using technology to deliver services to clients, communicate with clients, gather information about clients, communicate with and about colleagues, and educate students and practitioners new...  Read More

This course contains two separate articles. The first, “Telemental Health Care: An Effective Alternative to Conventional Mental Care,” is a systematic review, using high quality research articles on the applications,...  Read More