Essentials of Telebehavioral Health [electronic resource] : A Practical Guide / edited by Hossam Mahmoud, Hady Naal, Emile Whaibeh.

Section I: Introduction to Telemental Health -- Historical Overview of TMH and its Evolving Landscape -- The state of TMH Post-COVID-19 -- Section 2: Planning for your TMH practice.-Understanding the Context and Assessing the Needs -- Setting up a TMH Practice -- Administrative and Related Guidelines -- Section 3: Implementing your Telemental Health Practice -- Clinical Considerations -- Collaborative Care Model -- Risk mitigation & Emergency preparedness -- Section 4: Sustaining and Maintaining your TMH Practice -- Monitoring and Evaluation -- Continuous Improvement -- Future Directions. .

This book provides hands-on guidance on setting up and maintaining a Telebehavioral Health (TBH) practice, focusing on both its programmatic and clinical aspects. It is a evidence-based guide that offers a comprehensive understanding of TBH practice and synthesizes decades' worth of knowledge and experience into key pointers for clinicians, professionals, and interested learners on how to plan, implement, deliver, evaluate, and support the sustainability of TBH programs. It offers insights on navigating the technological, regulatory, ethical, and cultural aspects of TBH services. As the most up-to-date text on TBH, this book serves as a go-to resource for healthcare professionals, clinicians, students and trainees with little formal education on TBH, to work towards adopting this modality in an easy to read and concise format.