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Novel Approaches to Clinical Care in Mental Health: From Asynchronous Telepsychiatry to Virtual Reality

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Many new technological innovations are currently in use or under development to ensure the effectiveness of convenient care. This chapter will focus on reviewing some ways to enhance the quality of clinical care in mental health through technology innovations in the device area. We will go over some of the changing technologies that are not only affecting healthcare but also the daily lives of many people around the world. As mobile homes and mobile clinics are targeting patients in the comfort of their homes, many smartphones, tablets, and medical devices are also being targeted at the same group of patients.

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  1. Health Informatics Graduate Program, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

    Abdullah Maghazil

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Peter Yellowlees

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  1. Computer Engineering, RMIT University School of Electrical and, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Margaret Lech

  2. Singapore Campus, James Cook University Australia, School of Business and IT, Singapore, Singapore

    Insu Song

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA

    Peter Yellowlees

  4. Psychology Network Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

    Joachim Diederich

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Maghazil, A., Yellowlees, P. (2014). Novel Approaches to Clinical Care in Mental Health: From Asynchronous Telepsychiatry to Virtual Reality. In: Lech, M., Song, I., Yellowlees, P., Diederich, J. (eds) Mental Health Informatics. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 491. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38550-6_4

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