Psychiatry in the digital age: A blessing or a curse?

CB Roth, A Papassotiropoulos, AB Brühl… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Social distancing and the shortage of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19
pandemic, the impact of population aging on the healthcare system, as well as the rapid …

Half a century of research on posttraumatic stress disorder: a scientometric analysis

MichelSabSNM, C Chen, W El-Hage… - Current …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
We conducted a scientometric analysis to outline clinical research on posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). Our primary objective was to perform a broad-ranging scientometric …

'Living in a Zoom world': Survey mapping how COVID‐19 is changing family therapy practice in the UK

R Mc Kenny, E Galloghly, CM Porter… - Journal of Family …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Following the COVID‐19 pandemic, psychological therapies rapidly moved online in mid‐
2020. The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK (AFT) surveyed …

My real avatar has a doctor appointment in the Wepital: A system for persistent, efficient, and ubiquitous medical care

FM Zahedi, H Zhao, P Sanvanson, N Walia… - Information & …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 created a great deal of personal, social, and economic anxiety in the USA and
across the globe and exposed the inadequacy of traditional medical systems in handling …

Efficacy of immersive extended reality (XR) interventions on different symptom domains of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A systematic review

R Holopainen, J Tiihonen, M Lähteenvuo - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term for virtual reality (VR) and augmented
reality (AR), both novel vectors for therapeutic intervention modalities. In VR, head-mounted …

When therapists talk to voices: Perspectives from service‐users who experience auditory hallucinations

E Longden, A Branitsky, W Jones… - … : Theory, Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of the study was to investigate service‐users' experiences of a
therapist engaging with their voices (auditory hallucinations) using psychological …

Comparing the Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms in the Automatic Classification of Psychotherapeutic Interactions in Avatar Therapy

A Hudon, K Phraxayavong, S Potvin… - Machine Learning and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Avatar Therapy (AT) is currently being studied to help patients suffering
from treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Facilitating annotations of immersive verbatims in AT …

Unsupervised Machine Learning Driven Analysis of Verbatims of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia Patients Having Followed Avatar Therapy

A Hudon, M Beaudoin, K Phraxayavong… - Journal of Personalized …, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The therapeutic mechanisms underlying psychotherapeutic interventions
for individuals with treatment-resistant schizophrenia are mostly unknown. One of these …

Could avatar therapy enhance mental health in chronic patients? a systematic review

M Franco, C Monfort, A Pinas-Mesa, E Rincon - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of avatars in the psychological treatment of some chronic diseases is in their
infancy, and it represents a growing field of research with many possibilities for innovation …

The CHALLENGE trial: the effects of a virtual reality-assisted exposure therapy for persistent auditory hallucinations versus supportive counselling in people with …

LC Smith, L Mariegaard, DL Vernal, AG Christensen… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Many patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders continue having
distressing auditory hallucinations in spite of treatment with antipsychotic medication. The …