Is buying your child the hugest TV available on the market the best treatment for your child's mental illness? It would be a good excuse to buy one, if you had the money and wall space.
Would seeing a person on TV the same size as he is in real life make a difference in his treatment? Yes, I believe it would.
What effect would this have with an adult? I believe it would be the same as a child.
What happens when he starts talking to the TV? Is he delusional? No. He could be talking with his psychiatrist, psychologist or therapist.
Is this healthy? Absolutely, especially when you are 150 miles away from your mental illness provider's office. Its just like being in the office. You forget that the other person on the other side of the desk or other side of the office is actually on a TV screen. I have personally experienced this to be true.
This is the solution for reaching undeserved and people in rural populations.
Its much different than using software like Skype, looking at your computer screen and talking close to it where the microphone can pick up your voice. Having someone in the same room as you, or perceived as such, makes the difference.
Audio Visual Conferencing on huge televisions is the future of taking care of rural clients. A room setup as such in the small rural towns is the solution. You can have a one on one appointment or a family appointment. This also resolves today's transportation problem.
Here is what U.S. Government's Energy and Commerce Subcommittee and Investigation had to say.
REACHING UNDESERVED AND RURAL POPULATIONS
The delay between a first episode of psychosis and the onset of treatment averages 110 weeks. Early diagnosis and medical intervention improves outcomes dramatically, but there is only one child psychiatrist for every 7,000 children with a mental illness or behavioral disorder.
Representative Tim Murphy, PhD [R-PA-18]says he has a fix for this. His bill, H.R.3717, Ensuring Psychiatric Care for Those in Need of Help the Most, will model a successful state project in Massachusetts advancing tele-psychiatry to link pediatricians and primary care physicians with psychiatrists and psychologists in areas where patients do not have access to mental health professionals.
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