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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1684

Consultation services via two-way closed circuit television have proved to be effective in helping nonpsychiatric physicians to improve their knowledge of psychiatry and to treat their emotionally ill patients. The authors describe such a service set up between Hanover, N.H., and Claremont, N.H., a community 26 miles away. The service has aided the physicians in maintaining the majority of their referred cases in the community and has provided them with a valuable educational experience.

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