Mental Health Programs: Copyright 2008 – David Diana

I’ve actually had enough of it and one time she went into the bathroom with a sharpener blade and starting scarring her self and she has ok a lot of tablets intentionally Surely it’s more than she is meant to have. Therefore this article is part two of a series of five that explores interesting, unique and noteworthy trends in the mental health profession.

Understanding current and upcoming changes within our industry gives us the ability to identify new opportunities and challenges arising in the field so we may identify appropriate responses and successfully meet the demands of our dynamic profession.

While examining these changes often brings about exciting opportunities if we are able to look at these new service offerings and competitive influences in unique and creative ways, as clinicians.

So this exploration process empowers professionals to make more effective and rewarding business decisions both now and in the future.

An interesting area arising within the industry is that of the online treatment program.

That said, this model goes beyond individual psychotherapy and offers a comprehensive approach to treatment that may include group work, interactive exercises, use of clinical tools, use of assessment applications and aftercare programming. Therefore this organization offers a substance abuse treatment program for adult’s ages 18 and older using live video and audio technology that simulate that of a traditional treatment model on the basis of the ’12 step’ concepts. Participants become a part of an online treatment group that takes place over the course of a few months. Therefore an example of this kind of approach now is pioneered by an organization known as E Get Going.

They use a highly structured and empirically based treatment model and provide every of their participants with a headset and microphone so they can interact with a bunch of up to 10 participants.

a counselor facilitates every group and participants also receive individual consultations as needed.

Therefore this also gives them the ability to track outcomes and to identify risk factors following treatment. EgetGoing. Furthermore, some, however, may argue that this also offers clients an opportunity to resist treatment in a subtle way by choosing a treatment alternative that might require less commitment. Bigger question should be if this model will go beyond being a mere entry point and serve as viable option to a more traditional treatment model. So this model also has promise from a business perspective in that it offers potential clients a solid value proposition that may distinguish itself from its more traditional competitors. And so it’s an exciting area to explore in the near future as technology offers clinicians an opportunity to push the envelope and explore use of this format in other areas of treatment. With that said, this model type is a big undertaking and, at present, it’s still in its infancy stage.

Adventurous organizations like EgetGoing.

Perhaps this will serve as an entry point for ‘longer term’ treatment whereby it captures the attention of those who are unsure of or questioning the need for treatment.

Most of the key values to potential consumers are ease of access and approachability, confidentiality and overall convenience in a fast past world. So, they choose to try an online option as a way to test the waters. Regardless of this argument, people who are in need of treatment services may in the future find themselves more willing to seek treatment through the Internet. One of those opportunities can be an online comprehensive treatment program in its many variations and specialties. My reason for discussing the pic of online treatment programs gether with other trends within the mental health profession is to provide practicing clinicians with information that will provide them with unique perspectives, approaches, concepts and ideas about the clinical process.