Mental Health and Tele-health Counselling (CROSBI ID 296372)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Novo, Ahmed ; Knežević, Bojana
engleski
Mental Health and Tele-health Counselling
Background: Many mental health conditions can be treated at a relatively low cost using tele- health. It also provides the opportunity for consultation with family members, teachers, and other providers involved in the patient’s care. Objective: The aim of this paper is to analyze resources in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to establishing telehealth for people who have difficult access to psychological assistance. Methods: Authors place focus on mental health and support through the mental health and working and developing a model for the professionals, both from mental health and social care in institutions for psychosocial and social support. Results and Discussion: Telemedicine in the Republic of Croatia has developed from an almost non-existent activity into a system that provides almost 34, 000 services per year. The network of telemedicine centers in the Republic of Croatia covers 68 health care institutions and includes 139 active telemedicine centers. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are 80 centers for mental health very well distributed across the country at the primary level of health care and with strong connections with hospitals, centers for social care, patient associations as well as with police and court. Centers for mental health are emerging as a leader in this field and as a logical starting point for the development of telehealth counseling system. Conclusion: In the future capacity building for telehealth is necessary. Application of telehealth in the way of counseling could make the healthcare system faster, safer, and better responding to the challenges
e-health, telemedicine, tele-mental health, counselling.
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Podaci o izdanju
7 (2)
2019.
67-70
objavljeno
1805-8698
10.5455/ijbh.2019.7.67-70
Povezanost rada
Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)