Behavioral Healthcare and Technology: Using Science-Based Innovations to Transform Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199314020 ISBN 13: 9780199314027

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In recent years, there has been an explosion of research focused on using technology in healthcare, including web- and mobile- health assessment and intervention tools, as well as smartphone sensors and smart environments for monitoring and promoting health behavior. This work has shown that technology-based therapeutic tools offer considerable promise for monitoring and responding to individuals' health behavior in real-time. They may also function as important "clinician-extenders" or stand-alone tools, may be cost-effective and may offer countless opportunities for tailoring behavioral monitoring and intervention delivery in a manner that is optimally responsive to each individual's profile and health behavior trajectory over time. Additionally, informational and communication technologies may be used in the context of decision support tools to help individuals better understand and access treatment. Technology may enable entirely new models of healthcare both within and outside of formal systems of care and thus offers the opportunity to revolutionize healthcare delivery.

This edited book defines the state of scientific research related to the development, experimental evaluation, and effective dissemination of technology-based therapeutic tools targeting behavioral health. Behavioral Healthcare and Technology provides an overview of current evidence-based approaches to leverage technology to promote behavioral health, including management of substance use, mental health, diet/exercise, medication adherence, as well as chronic disease self-management. Additionally, the book defines the state of implementation research examining models for deploying technology-based behavioral healthcare systems and integrating them into various care settings to increase the quality and reach of evidence-based behavioral healthcare while reducing costs.

About this title

About the Author

Lisa A. Marsch, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry;
and Director, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

Sarah Elizabeth Lord, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth;
and Director, Dissemination and Implementation Core, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

Jesse Dallery, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology;
and Center for Technology and Health
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Review

"Kudos to Marsch, Lord, and Dallery for a thoughtful interdisciplinary collection that bridges the disconnect between theoretical and practical aspects of technology use to improve behaviors related to critical health issues in the US and globally. From wearable sensors to virtual Patricia Mechael, Columbia University

"For those who purchase this book, I would not recommend letting it gather dust on the bookshelf. In a similar vein, I hope that the editors have already begun work on the second edition, because like our cellular devices, this book will be history before we know it." -- H. Russell Searight, PsycCRITIQUES

"This book would be of interest to both researchers and clinicians from a wide variety of disciplines with a shared interest in behavioural healthcare and technology... a useful handbook for introducing this exceptionally interesting topic area." -- Sara Simblett, Journal of Mental Health

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199314020
• ISBN 13: 9780199314027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Marsch Lisa, Lord Sarah, Dallery Jesse