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Telepsychiatry is a broad term. In this article I will use it to refer to mental health treatment provided via video chat (such as FaceTime or Skype), where clinicians and patients are in non-clinical settings (such as their homes).Our professional code of ethics is the same whether we treat patients...

For people who work in healthcare, navigating the world of social media is a balancing act between a tell-all online culture and the need to protect the privacy of their patients and clients.And if healthcare practitioners face a greater challenge than many other professionals, those in the behavioral health field...

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Recent conservative estimates indicate that approximately one out of five girls and one out of 20 boys experience sexual victimization involving physical contact prior to the age of 18 (Saunders BE & Adams ZW, Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2014;23(2):167–184). However, these findings may underestimate the true rates of...

Sexual violence and abuse is a pervasive problem, making it highly likely mental health professionals will encounter victims in their practice. Consider these statistics:Adults 86% percent of rape victims are female Approximately one in six women experiences rape or attempted rape in her lifetime In a study of undergraduate women,...

Imagine hearing that a family responded this way after a sexual assault, “My father and mother said that the way I dressed and friends I chose provoked the incident. They blamed me for the first two months after the incident.”Or, as another young woman recounted, “[An acquaintance] mentioned that I...