Ermer D J
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Feb;50(2):260-1. doi: 10.1176/ps.50.2.260.
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.
