24-hour psychiatric consultation via TV.

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.