Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us?
Abstract While e-health initiatives are poised to revolutionize delivery and access to mental health care, conducting clinical research online involves specific contextual and ethical considerations. Face-to-face psychosocial interventions can at times entail risk and have adverse psychoactive effec...
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| author | Victoria Cosgrove Emma Gliddon Lesley Berk David Grimm Sue Lauder Seetal Dodd Michael Berk Trisha Suppes |
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| description | Abstract While e-health initiatives are poised to revolutionize delivery and access to mental health care, conducting clinical research online involves specific contextual and ethical considerations. Face-to-face psychosocial interventions can at times entail risk and have adverse psychoactive effects, something true for online mental health programs too. Risks associated with and specific to internet psychosocial interventions include potential breaches of confidentiality related to online communications (such as unencrypted email), data privacy and security, risks of self-selection and self-diagnosis as well as the shortcomings of receiving psychoeducation and treatment at distance from an impersonal website. Such ethical issues need to be recognized and proactively managed in website and study design as well as treatment implementation. In order for online interventions to succeed, risks and expectations of all involved need to be carefully considered with a focus on ethical integrity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0730ed094871426e9a79bea0229301052022-12-21T23:43:26ZengSpringerOpenInternational Journal of Bipolar Disorders2194-75112017-08-01511910.1186/s40345-017-0095-3Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us?Victoria Cosgrove0Emma Gliddon1Lesley Berk2David Grimm3Sue Lauder4Seetal Dodd5Michael Berk6Trisha Suppes7Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of MedicineIMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin UniversityIMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin UniversityBipolar and Depression Research Program, VA Palo Alto Health Care SystemDepartment of Psychiatry, University of MelbourneIMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin UniversityIMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of MedicineAbstract While e-health initiatives are poised to revolutionize delivery and access to mental health care, conducting clinical research online involves specific contextual and ethical considerations. Face-to-face psychosocial interventions can at times entail risk and have adverse psychoactive effects, something true for online mental health programs too. Risks associated with and specific to internet psychosocial interventions include potential breaches of confidentiality related to online communications (such as unencrypted email), data privacy and security, risks of self-selection and self-diagnosis as well as the shortcomings of receiving psychoeducation and treatment at distance from an impersonal website. Such ethical issues need to be recognized and proactively managed in website and study design as well as treatment implementation. In order for online interventions to succeed, risks and expectations of all involved need to be carefully considered with a focus on ethical integrity.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-017-0095-3Bipolar DisorderDiscussion BoardOnline InterventionData Safety Monitoring BoardInternet Intervention |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Cosgrove Emma Gliddon Lesley Berk David Grimm Sue Lauder Seetal Dodd Michael Berk Trisha Suppes Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us? International Journal of Bipolar Disorders Bipolar Disorder Discussion Board Online Intervention Data Safety Monitoring Board Internet Intervention |
| title | Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us? |
| title_full | Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us? |
| title_fullStr | Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us? |
| title_short | Online ethics: where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us? |
| title_sort | online ethics where will the interface of mental health and the internet lead us |
| topic | Bipolar Disorder Discussion Board Online Intervention Data Safety Monitoring Board Internet Intervention |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-017-0095-3 |
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