Debate: Can and should psychiatrists use online information?. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Brien, Elly; Pell, Christopher
• Is Part Of: BJPsych bulletin. Volume 39:Number 6(2015)
• Page Start: 312
• Page End: 314
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 616.8905
• DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.114.049973
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4694

Abstract

Abstract : When considering professional use of the internet, the focus tends to be on access to information. Yet the development of Web 2.0 and the growth of social media have transformed the internet from a largely read-only medium to one that facilitates interaction and user-created content. I will discuss some of the positive effects that online resources can have on professional practice, looking not just at access to information, but what we do with that information and how we interact online with fellow professionals and the public.