Various issues have emerged as a result of the increasingly combined use of the Internet and the media. As a researcher for a radio and internet show about psychology, I have examined how radio and the internet work in conjunction to educate the public about psychology in easily digested ways. It appears that the activities we do may fit into the broader definition of innovative telEhealth applications.

One of these applications is creating interaction through the use of the Internet. Listeners e-mail the show's host, and also post messages on our public bulletin board system. In addition, the internet allows me to easily recruit experts for the show from all over the world. Last, because the show is broadcast on our website over streaming audio, it is accessible from virtually anywhere in the world.

In developing such a show, one area that is of particular importance is the quality of information that is offered on-line and on the air. Our weekly guests are experts in their field, and the host of the show is an experienced registered psychologist. These characteristics allow us to provide credible, helpful, and up to date information to our listeners around the world, while simultaneously providing it in an ethical manner. We have found that radio technology can be combined with other distance technologies such as the internet to provide mental health information as well as create opportunities for people to interact and ask questions about mental health from a distance. Moreover, all of this can be done in an ethical and responsible way.

In summary, the combinations of modern distance technologies (such as radio) can, by generating public interest and informing people about mental health issues, be part of the care continuum by playing a major role in making psychology more accessible to the public.