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SOCIAL MEDIA IS HELPING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLIENTS AND PROFESSIONALS E-TOOL

With mental health and substance abuse providers constantly seeking out the latest in treatment information and with their clients becoming much more involved in their own treatment, Social Media is becoming the tool of choice for researching information on specific behavioral health topics.With the proper Social Media Use Policies in place, behavioral care treatment providers can easily "connect" with client populations by authoring blogs that satisfy their informational curiosities and needs and that are written in a layman language that they can easily understand and identify with. This is only the front end of the benefit.A successfully authored blog post also encourages it readers to share comments and to subscribe to the blog by RSS feed or even to "follow" the author on Twitter. What a great way to generate interest in those who may be curious about what a particular "expert" blogger has to share with and offer the greater client population. Often this interest results in the formation of client - treatment provider professional relationship.In addition, Social Media affords e-clients (those who use the Web to aid in their own treatment) and Social Media savvy behavioral care professionals to help spread useful information around any network that might .. more»
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