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- Modern communication technologies like the internet, email, and SMS can improve psychotherapeutic services but also introduce new ethical and legal challenges.
- The paper discusses essential requirements for using the internet in therapy, showcasing the "Internet-Brücke" project, which tests internet chat groups as aftercare for patients.
- It evaluates how these online solutions meet the project's needs and explores lessons that can be applied to future therapeutic applications.
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Modern communication technologies such as internet, e-mail or SMS open up new possibilities for the optimization of the psychotherapeutic service provision. However, their use places new challenges. Ethical and legal requirements must be considered, technical and communicative aspects must be integrated into supplying concepts. This paper presents central requirements for the use of the Internet and a possible solution by the example of the project "Internet-Brücke" (internet bridge). In this project internet chat groups are tested as an aftercare program following inpatient treatment in a specialized hospital for psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine. It is discussed, in what respect the solutions fit the specific requirements of this project and what can be learned for further applications.
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