TY - JOUR
T1 - eHealth technology in forensic mental healthcare
T2 - Recommendations for achieving benefits and overcoming barriers
AU - Kip, H.
AU - Oberschmidt, K.
AU - Bierbooms, J. J. P. A.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - While eHealth technologies such as web-based interventions, mobile apps, and virtual reality have the potential to be of added value for forensic mental healthcare, there is a gap between this potential and the current situation in practice. The goal of this study was to identify recommendations to bridge this gap. In total, 21 semi-structured interviews and 89 questionnaires were conducted in a Dutch forensic mental healthcare sample consisting of professionals, patients, and eHealth experts. Based on the broad range of identified recommendations, it can be concluded that attention should be paid to the characteristics of professionals, patients, technology, and the organization throughout the development, implementation and evaluation of eHealth.
AB - While eHealth technologies such as web-based interventions, mobile apps, and virtual reality have the potential to be of added value for forensic mental healthcare, there is a gap between this potential and the current situation in practice. The goal of this study was to identify recommendations to bridge this gap. In total, 21 semi-structured interviews and 89 questionnaires were conducted in a Dutch forensic mental healthcare sample consisting of professionals, patients, and eHealth experts. Based on the broad range of identified recommendations, it can be concluded that attention should be paid to the characteristics of professionals, patients, technology, and the organization throughout the development, implementation and evaluation of eHealth.
KW - COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY
KW - DEPRESSION
KW - INTERVENTION
KW - ONLINE THERAPY
KW - SOMATIC DISORDERS
KW - eHealth
KW - forensic mental healthcare
KW - forensic psychiatry
KW - virtual reality
KW - web-based interventions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089780263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14999013.2020.1808914
DO - 10.1080/14999013.2020.1808914
M3 - Article
JO - International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
JF - International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
SN - 1499-9013
ER -