Mental Health Informatics

Ardis Hanson is Research Coordinator in the College of Behavioral & Community Sciences at the University of South Florida. She previously served as Library Director at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida. She received her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Tampa and her Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida. She has presented at the USF Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies for the past three years, showcasing innovative software applications. She is the Senior Editor of the text Building a Virtual Library (Information Science Publishing, 2003) and has published (with Bruce Lubotsky Levin) numerous chapters on mental health services.Bruce Lubotsky Levin, DrPH, MPH, FABHM, is Associate Professor and Head of the Graduate Studies in Behavioral Health Program at the College of Behavioral & Community Sciences and the College of Public Health, both at the University of South Florida. He also is Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Services Research & Administration at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, a peer reviewed, scholarly journal.

• 1. Informatics & public health ; 2. Mental health ; 3. Informatics and mental health ; 4. Data and standards ; 5. Management information systems ; 6. Adoption & implementation of mental health information technology ; 7. Legal & ethical issues in mental health informatics ; 8. Taking research to practice ; 9. Research, professional, & educational competencies ; 10. Types of data ; 11. Information retrieval, interfaces, and strategies ; 12. Selected mental health informatics databases ; 13. Globalization of information ; 14. Policy & practice

This book presents an integrative perspective of how computers and technology are used in mental health services, education, research, and policy, focusing on the innovative use of technology. This is a high quality book that will be useful in the field of mental health informatics. -