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M. Myra S. White, Harvard Medical School (mswhite@fas.harvard.edu)The explosion of new virtual technologies in the past ten years has changed the way we live andwork. For mental health professionals these technologies provide new ways to deliver care buttheir use also poses special challenges to a profession that has traditionally delivered carethrough the establishment of live human connections with patients. This paper will consider thelimitations and benefits of different virtual technologies in delivering care and coordinatingmental health treatment teams. As part of this analysis it will also address legal and ethicalconstraints that should temper the adoption of virtual technologies.Provision of Mental Health Care for Persons Incarcerated InternationallyRobindra Paul, Consulting Psychiatrist, San Diego, USA (robindra3@yahoo.com)To provide informed consent a patient must have the capacity to make a decision. In the UnitedStates, the process of informed consent involves healthcare providers providing patients withmaterial information such that the patient can weigh the benefits, risks, and alternatives totreatment including no treatment at all. The process of informed consent, where it does exist,varies internationally. This presentation will initially focus on the development of informedconsent from the Greek philosophy to American landmark case of Schloendorff v. Society of NewYork Hospital, 211 N.Y. 125, 105 N.E. 92 (1914). There will then be a presentation on thedeparture of from the principles of informed consent during the Shoah and the lessons learned inthe aftermath of the Shoah. Finally, there will be a presentation about the process of informedconsent in selected countries.158. Specialized Interventions for Persons with Serious MentalIllnesses in the Criminal Justice System: Moving the Field ForwardCIT – Moving ForwardAmy C. Watson, University of Illinois at Chicago (acwatson@gmail.com)The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is now considered a “Best Practice” model for policeresponse to mental health crisis. The model generally includes 40 hours of specialized mentalhealth training for a select group of officers, community partnerships and changes in policepolicy and procedures. Key elements of the model have been identified and there are now over1,500 jurisdictions in the United States and elsewhere implementing some version of CIT. Theprimary goals of CIT programs are to increase safety in these encounters and divert individualswith mental illnesses away from the criminal justice system to appropriate psychiatric treatment.372