Use of videoconferencing in Norwegian psychiatry.

We conducted a national survey about access to and use of videoconferencing in Norwegian mental health care. A questionnaire was mailed to 300 institutions, with 113 returned (38%). Attitudes towards videoconferencing were positive.

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in the Scandinavian countries.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Norway, Denmark and Stockholm County.

Design, Setting, And Subjects: In Norway, a national representative sample of 1000 participants completed telephone interviews regarding their CAM use in 1997 (response rate 51). In Denmark, a national representative sample of 16 690 participants completed questionnaires and interviews regarding their health and morbidity in 2000 (response rate 74).