In the last two decades, new communication technologies have dramatically changed the world in which mental health professionals and their patients live. Developments such as e-mail, online chat groups, Web pages, search engines, and electronic databases are directly or indirectly affecting most people's routines and expectations. Other developments are poised to do so in the near future. Already, for example, patients are acquiring both good and bad advice and information on the Web; many expect to be able to reach their therapists by e-mail. And already there is pressure from third party payers for providers to submit claims electronically. These technological breakthroughs have the potential to make mental health care more widely available and accessible, affordable, acceptable to patients, and adaptable to special needs. But many mental health professionals, as well as those who train them, are skeptical about integrating the new capabilities into their services and question the ethical and legal appropriateness of doing so. Those unfamiliar with the technologies tend to be particularly doubtful. How much e-mail contact with patients should I encourage or permit, and for what purposes? Why should I set up a Web site and how do I do so and what should I put on it? Should I refer patients to chat groups or Web-based discussion forums? Could video-conferencing be a helpful tool in some cases and what is involved? How do I avoid trouble if I dare to experiment with innovations? And last but not least, will the results of my experimentation be cost-effective? The book includes: an extensive overview of legal and regulatory issues, such as those raised by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); concrete technical, ethical, and managerial suggestions summarized in a seven-step Online Consultation Risk Management model; and how to" resource lists and sample documents of use to beginners and experienced professionals alike. For better or worse, no mental health professional today can avoid confronting the issues presented by the new technologies. The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies: A Handbook for Practice Today will enormously simplify the job of thinking through the issues and making clinically, ethically, and legally prudent decisions.

Das vorliegende Studienbuch "Energiekabeltechnik" ist die Unterlage fur eine Vorlesung, die ich seit SS 1977 an der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt halte. Ziel ist es, in einem ersten Tell die Kabelaufbauelemente und die gangigen Kabelkonstruktionen nach VDE zu erlautern, und in einem zweiten Tell einen Oberblick zu geben tiber die theoretischen Grundlagen und die daraus zu ziehenden Folgerungen im Hinblick auf Konstruktionen von Kabeln fUr hohere Spannungen und Leistungen. Die Kabeltechnik gewinnt sicherlich ihren Reiz durch die Mannigfaltigkeit ihrer Aufgaben und Losungswege. Dies zu vermitteln, ohne die Vertiefung bedeutsamer Grundgedanken zu vernachlassigen, erforderte im Hinblick auf die begrenzte Vorlesungszeit viele Kompro- misse bei der Stoffauswahl. Mir schwebte in Analogie zu einer Bohrinsel vor, eine Platt- form zu errichten, auf der der Horer sich sicher bewegen und selbstandig tiefer bohren und weiter aufbauen kann. Dem sollen auch die Literaturhinweise dienen, deren Be- schrankung eine Ermunterung zum Studium sein moge. Ihre Auswahl ist wlllktirlich aus der gro en Anzahl relevanter VerOffentlichungen vorgenommen, so wie sie von mir be- nutzt wurden, und beinhaltet keine Wertung. Wichtig war mir, unter didaktischen Gesichts- punkten jeder Vorlesungsstunde ein genau umschriebenes Thema zuzuordnen und die Stofftille so zu begrenzen, ein Abschlu mogiich ist. Eine deutliche Untergliederung zur Erleichterung des Verstandnisses war eine selbstverstandliche Folgerung. Sicherlich ist dieses Buch zunachst ftir Studenten der Elektrotechnik geschrieben, die nach dem Vordiplom ihre technischen Kenntnisse tiber ein Investitionsgut der elektrischen Energieversorgung vertiefen wollen, das von gro er volkswirtschaftlicher Bedeutung ist.

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In the last two decades, new communication technologies have dramatically changed the world in which mental health professionals and their patients live. Developments such as e-mail, online chat groups, Web pages, search engines, and electronic databases are directly or indirectly affecting most people's routines and expectations. Other developments are poised to do so in the near future. Already, for example, patients are acquiring both good and bad advice and information on the Web; many expect to be able to reach their therapists by e-mail. And already there is pressure from third party payers for providers to submit claims electronically.

These technological breakthroughs have the potential to make mental health care more widely available and accessible, affordable, acceptable to patients, and adaptable to special needs. But many mental health professionals, as well as those who train them, are skeptical about integrating the new capabilities into their services and question the ethical and legal appropriateness of doing so. Those unfamiliar with the technologies tend to be particularly doubtful. How much e-mail contact with patients should I encourage or permit, and for what purposes? Why should I set up a Web site and how do I do so and what should I put on it? Should I refer patients to chat groups or Web-based discussion forums? Could video-conferencing be a helpful tool in some cases and what is involved? How do I avoid trouble if I dare to experiment with innovations? And last but not least, will the results of my experimentation be cost-effective?

The book includes:

• an extensive overview of legal and regulatory issues, such as those raised by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA);
• concrete technical, ethical, and managerial suggestions summarized in a seven-step Online Consultation Risk Management model; and
• how to" resource lists and sample documents of use to beginners and experienced professionals alike.

For better or worse, no mental health professional today can avoid confronting the issues presented by the new technologies. The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies: A Handbook for Practice Today will enormously simplify the job of thinking through the issues and making clinically, ethically, and legally prudent decisions.