CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR SPECIAL ISSUE OF AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST:
Tele-Psychology and Tele-Mental Health: Research and Practice
Guest Editors: Dr Susan Simpson, Psychology Clinic Director and Lecturer, University of South Australia, Dr Nadine
Pelling Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Counselling at the University of South Australia and Dr Lisa
Richardson, Inner City Older Adult Mental Health Service, Mt Lawley, WA.
On 21st February 2014 the University of South Australia will be hosting a national conference on Tele-
Psychology titled ‘Tele-mental Health Research and Practice in Videoconferencing for Psychology and
Psychiatry’. As part of the conference we are going to produce a special journal issue highlighting research on the use of videoconferencing and similar technology-based interventions (such as Skype, video phone, telephone etc). The special issue will contain peer reviewed papers on the topic of Tele-Mental Health, with a focus on Tele-Psychology.
The aim of this issue of the journal is to highlight both the breadth of tele-psychology or tele psychiatry practice and the advanced skills required to develop and run a tele mental health service. This is consistent with the journal’s interest in “a wide spectrum of clinical and applied issues, spanning from directly clinical matters including therapy and assessment through to issues of the workplace and the wider society.” Ethics and legal issues will be explored, as well as offering guidelines for setting up new services. This special issue aims to educate psychologists about ways in which they can harness currently available technologies to offer psychology service to Australians living in geographically remote areas and to those who are unable to travel due to incarceration, ill health or disability.
Those presenting at the conference will have the opportunity to develop their presentations further into a full article following APA 6th edition style with a focus on systematic and quantitative reviews of research, as well as quantitative and qualitative research reports as per the current publishing practices at Australian
Psychologist. We suggest that potential contributors check the author guidelines at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291742-9544 for further information regarding the format suitability of their proposed manuscript. These full articles will then be peer reviewed for inclusion in the special issue on Tele-Psychology. We would also ask potential contributors to peer review one paper.
Individuals NOT presenting in any way at the conference are also invited to submit an article for possible inclusion in the special issue on Tele-Psychology and Tele-Mental Health. Papers also submitted not linked to

a presentation will also undergo peer review for inclusion in the special issue. We have a panel of available peer reviewers well versed in the area of Tele-Psychology and Tele-Mental Health. We would also ask potential contributors to peer review one paper. Following the journal’s standard double-blind procedures, manuscripts will be peer reviewed for inclusion in the special issue on Tele-Mental Health.
Papers for peer review from both conference presenters and those not presenting at the conference should be sent to Dr. Susan Simpson. She will organise the peer review of papers for inclusion in the peer reviewed section of Australian Psychologist. The deadline for submission of abstracts for consideration in the special issue is 15/3/14.
Email as follows: susan.simpson@unisa.edu.au
Special Guest Editors
Susan Simpson, DClinPsych; Nadine
Pelling, PhD; Lisa Richardson, PhD