BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 ISSUE
BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ -- NET CULTURE Click Here for Help Thousands of Web sites are now devoted to mental health issues--logging more than 24 million visitors combined. Example: www.cyberanalysis.com, an employee assistance site for corporations. Here's the kind of help available online: LIVE ONLINE CHAT Patient corresponds with therapist during hourlong session. Provides immediate feedback. E-MAIL Patients exchange e-mails with therapist over period of time. Gives them time to reflect on therapist's responses. VIDEO Patient talks to therapist via videocamera connected to computer. Lets the therapist study patient's expressions. GROUP COUNSELING Several patients participate in live online chat with one therapist. Lets therapist see how patients interact with each another. DISCUSSION GROUPS Patients chat online with each other, sometimes with psychologist as moderator. Lets patients meet people in similar situations and compare notes. EDUCATIONAL SITES Information about psychological conditions. Often sponsored by universities or mental health associations. COMPUTER-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY Patient answers series of computer-generated questions and gets advice from computer. No live therapist involved. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS e.biz Contents for Sept. 18, 2000 issue The Virtual Couch TABLE: Click Here for Help INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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