[AVAPL Members] Re: Call for Papers for Psychological Services
- From: "Gerald Goldstein" <ggold@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:54:11 -0500
MHA3 Glitch?Have you been able to get listed in PubMed yet?
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From: Kearney, Lisa K.
To: members1@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:45 PM
Subject: [AVAPL Members] Call for Papers for Psychological Services
Dear VA Colleagues
I would like to encourage all of you to continue your submission of your work
to Psychological Services. The journal specifically addresses the interests of
public sector psychologists, with a large number of its manuscripts being
related to the provision of services in VA settings. While we continue to be
interested in receiving articles covering a wide array of topics related to
public sector psychology, we are currently also receiving specifically
manuscripts related to telehealth, as outlined below. If I can help answer any
questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Lisa Kearney
Associate Editor - Psychological Services
Telehealth, Telepsychology and Technology-Related Papers
Open Call for Manuscripts
Psychological Services
The editorial staff at the APA Division 18's journal, entitled Psychological
Services is extending an invitation for manuscripts to be considered for a
special section on technology-based mental health services. Marlene M. Maheu
Ph.D. has agreed to serve as our guest editor.
Technology development is accelerating and doubles every year in capacity,
price performance and bandwidth. Yet, psychology still offers a dearth of
theory and research related to technology-based services psychologists could be
delivering. Therefore, this special section will be devoted to the three
overlapping areas of psychological service delivery:
1) information technology (including to the telecommunication specialties of
telehealth: telemental health; telepsychology; distance assessment and
psychological testing; ehealth (Internet-based telehealth such as in email,
chat rooms, instant messaging, audio and audio recording, videoconferencing,
psycho-education formats such as webinars, community forums, social networking,
and other forms of self-help); mobile health (or "mhealth" such as text
messaging or iPhone/ smartphone "applications or "apps") and universal health
(uhealth) as is being conducted in foreign countries such as South Korea.
2) nanotechnology (including microchips, nanodevices, nanosensors,
nanoelectronics, biofeedback, virtual reality )
3) biotechnology (medical and psychological "devices," biometric sensors,
genomics, proteomics, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and psychoinformatics).
The US Federal government began its funding of telemedicine with
telepsychiatry over 50 years ago, but most psychologists are unaware of the
over 10,000 telemedicine articles that have been published in all areas of
medicine since then. Not only has telepsychiatry (and telemedicine in general)
been shown to be effective as well as cost effective, Medicare and Medicaid
have been reimbursing for such services in specified conditions. Eleven states
of the union now require all insurance carriers to reimburse for telehealth
services, but most mental health practitioners are unaware of their ability to
receive such reimbursement .
As the APA Division dedicated to psychologists in public service, Division
18, therefore welcomes manuscripts related to a variety of topics related to
technology, including, but not limited to:
a.. Video conferencing of psychotherapy and supervision
b.. evidence-based care management and psychotherapy
c.. continuing education
d.. use of Internet capabilities to advance psychological interventions,
including video, chat, email, instant messaging, webinars, psycho-education,
for either groups or individuals in treatment; as an adjunct to treatment or as
self-help
e.. ethical and legal challenges (e.g., licensure across state lines or
national borders; encryption; referrals, patient education; professional
boundaries online; supervision; security and confidentiality; reliability;
client or practitioner authentication; psychological testing; informed consent
procedures; multicultural or multilingual issues; emergency backup procedures;
direct care in unsupervised settings such as the home or workplace; etc.)
f.. use of technology for administrative purposes (i.e., scheduling through
web interfaces, email or chat; electronic medical record implementation)
g.. case consultation and supervision
h.. innovative use of publically accessible information online
i.. multidisciplinary telehealth, such as collaboration with primary care
offices or home telehealth specialists including nurses
j.. innovative use of social media use of federal or state resources on the
Internet; psycho-informatics; or use of search engines in practice
k.. reimbursement issues, including but not limited to grants, Medicare
Medicaid funding, special programs (i.e., Indian Health Services or children's
programs)
l.. models of service expansion to rural or other special populations
through technologyinternational collaboration
Also, we will consider submissions in the form of 1 page (2.5 typed pages)
summary articles that are instructional and include a minimum of these elements:
1. name(s) of institution
2. service(s) delivered
3. type(s) of professionals involved
4. training for telemental services of professional(s) involved (professional
path to get where you are)
5. population(s) served (ages, dx, male/female -what else??)
6. geographic location served
7. funding sources
8. technology used
9. technology choices that would be different next time and why
10. use of Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
11. biggest challenge(s)
12. biggest success(es)
13. lesson(s) learned
While the Division's focus is on psychologists in "public service," usually
defined as being employed by a governmental agency, Psychological Services
covers the full range of psychological services provided in any service
delivery setting. Psychological Services therefore encourages submission of
papers that focus on broad issues related to psychotherapy outcomes,
evaluations of psychological service programs and systems, and public policy
analyses. The journal will also publish a limited number of significant
literature reviews, descriptions of training for psychologists for work in
public service settings, and case studies of psychological services, service
delivery systems, or model programs.
Review papers, theoretical papers, and empirical papers are all welcomed for
submission. The deadline for receipt of papers for this special section is
March 15, 2011. Please follow the Instructions to Authors information located
on the Psychological Services website at:
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ser/index.aspx. Manuscripts must be submitted
electronically through the Manuscript Submission Web Portal as described on the
journal's website, here:
http://www.jbo.com/jbo3/submissions/dsp_jbo.cfm?journal_code=ser
Please specify in your cover letter that the submission is intended for the
special section on telehealth, telepsychology and technology and address your
letter to Dr. Lisa Kearney. All papers submitted will be initially screened by
the editorial board and then sent out for blind peer review, if evaluated as
appropriate for the journal. For further questions related to this special
section, please contact Dr. Kearney at lisa.kearney3@xxxxxxx
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