1. E-Therapy Jessica Lott, Emilee King, Delbert Grumbley

2. What Is It? Refers to the delivery of structured early intervention/treatment programs for clinical disorders/symptoms via the internet with or without human support. WHAT?!?

3. Human vs. Non-human Email, Video Conferencing, Web chat - Human Eliza - Therapy through AI

4. Example Websites https://www.etherapynexus.com/http://www.lzcybershrink.com/now.htmhttps://www.breakthrough.com/

5. Ethical Issues National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Security Validity of Clients Therapist Credentials Duty to Warn

6. Why is This Important? Online medical practices are continuing to grow Family and Friends

7. Why is This Important to Developers?

8. Potential Consequences Loss of jobs Loss of license (therapist) Lack of legal protection if you do not get your client to sign a disclaimer Chance of getting sued with no protection

9. Prevention Always make sure you know the rules Always make sure you know who you are developing for Testing, testing, testing

10. References http://www.gapsychology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlen br=421 http://www.zurinstitute.com/ethicsoftelehealth.html http://onlinetherapyinstitute.com/ethical-training/ http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA09-4450/SMA09-4450.pdf http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/31/online.internet.therapy.cbt/i ndex.html?iref=24hours http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/31/online.internet.therapy.cbt/i ndex.html?iref=24hours http://www.metanoia.org/imhs/safety.htm

11. References Cont.. http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lss/swinpsyche/etherapy/ http://gigaom.com/2013/07/11/online-therapy-gets-a- boost-breakthrough-snags-5m-for-web-based-counseling/ http://gigaom.com/2013/07/11/online-therapy-gets-a- boost-breakthrough-snags-5m-for-web-based-counseling/ http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/can-the-web-make-mental- health-treatment-more-mainstream/ http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/can-the-web-make-mental- health-treatment-more-mainstream/ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/03/virtual.aspxhttps://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/03/virtual.aspx\ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/03/virtual.aspx http://www.metanoia.org/imhs/legal.htm