Increasingly more computer applications are becoming available to assist mental health clinicians and administrators in patient evaluation and treatment and mental health management, education, and research. Topics covered include: automated assessment procedures; MR-E (The Mental Retardation Expert); computerized assessment system for psychotherapy evaluation and research; computer assisted therapy of stress related conditions; computerized patient evaluation in a clinical setting; computerized treatment planning; the VA national mental health database; networks; managed care; DSM-IV diagnosis; quality management; cost control; knowledge coupling; telemedicine; the clinical library assistant; and monitoring independent service providers.
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I. Clinical Evaluation and Treatment Software. - 1. MR-E The Mental Retardation-Expert: Performance Support for Clinicians. - 2. Sexpert: An Expert System for Sexual Assessment, Counseling, and Treatment. - 3. Computerized Assessment System for Psychotherapy Evaluation and Research (CASPER): Development and Current Status. - 4. Computer-Assisted Assessment, Psychotherapy, Education, and Research. - 5. Computerized Psychiatric Assessment in Outpatient Practice. - 6. Development, Problem Solving, and Generalized Learning: The Therapeutic Learning Program (TLP). - 7. Voice Interactive Computers for Attitudinal Interviewing. - 8. How to Create Your Own Computerized Questionnaires. - 9. Clinical Experience With a Prescription Writer Program. - II. Quality and Cost Control Issues. - 10. Planning for Large-Scale Integrated Clinical Information Systems. - 11. Shifting the Paradigm in Outcome Quality Management. - 12. Using Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care. - 13. Treatment Planner: A VA Blueprint for Managed Mental Health Care. - 14. Automated Methods of Clinical Quality Management. - 15. Monitoring Certification of Independent Providers of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services. - 16. Impact of Managed Care on Automation. - 17. VA National Mental Health Microcomputer Data Base System. - III. Knowledge Management. - 18. Computer-Based Education for Patients and Professionals. - 19. Systems for Accessing Knowledge at Point of Care. - 20. Tools for Developing Multimedia in Psychiatry. - 21. Hypertext Access to Psychiatric Information. - 22. Knowledge Coupling: Support for Psychiatric Decision Making. - 23. Neural Network Models in Psychiatry. - IV. Computer Acceptance and Planning for the Future. - 24. Computer Use and Attitudes in Community Mental Health Clinics. - 25. Severely Mentally Ill Client Acceptance of Automated Assessments in Mental Health. - 26. Barriers to Telemedicine in Psychiatry. - A Selected Bibliography Bruce W. Vieweg, James I. Hedlund, Matthew G. Hile.
