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    Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Feb;50(2):260-1.

    Experience with a rural telepsychiatry clinic for children and adolescents.

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    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA. dermer@kumc.edu

    Abstract

    Access to child and adolescent psychiatric services in many rural areas is limited by lack of physicians and long travel times. A child and adolescent telepsychiatry clinic that is part of the University of Kansas Medical Center's telemedicine program addresses this problem by linking the medical center with a county mental health center in rural Pittsburg, Kansas. The clinic receives ten to 18 visits a week and has been able to serve severely disturbed children and children in crisis. The quality of clinical interactions in the telepsychiatry clinic appears comparable to that in face-to-face meetings.

    PMID:
    10030487
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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