Is providing cyber-therapy or other tele-health interventions a worthwhile and ethical professional activity for clinical psychologists?

A brief overview of the topic (1 to 2 pages)
• A presentation of perspectives on/research supporting one side of the issue—the “pro” side (approx. 2 pages)
• A presentation of perspectives on/research supporting the other side of the issue—the “con” side (approx. 2 pages)
• Your views on the topic that take into account the “pro” and “con” sides (1 to 2 pages)
Other Details:
• Your paper must include citations to at least five published papers (journal articles or book chapters) that address the topic.
• I will supply two of the published papers for each topic. You will need to search for the other three or more papers.
• You will need to include a References section in APA style that lists the citations.
• You will have time during class on March 29th to discuss the topic and search for published papers with other members of the class. However, you are not permitted to write your paper with other members of the class.
• Please review the Department of Psychologys policy on plagiarism:
https://clasweb.clas.wayne.edu/psychology/PolicyonAcademicDishonesty
Here are the three possible topics:
1. Self-help. Is writing and publishing a self-help book a worthwhile use of a scientifically-trained clinical psychologists time?
2. Cyber-therapy and tele-health. Is providing cyber-therapy or other “tele-health” interventions a worthwhile and ethical professional activity for clinical psychologists?
3. Treatment manuals. Do treatment approaches need to have detailed manuals in order to be considered empirically-based treatments?
***I will allow a maximum of 14 students in the class to write a paper on each topic. Students will be able to rank their preferences, and I will use those rankings to match students to topics.
***After students have selected topics, I will post two published papers per topic on Blackboard.