ISBN:
9781614991205
,
9781614991212
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 351 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in health technology and informatics Volume 181
Series Statement:
Studies in health technology and informatics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Annual review of cybertherapy and telemedicine 2012
DDC:
362
Keywords:
Biomedical Technology
;
Evaluation as Topic
;
Telemedicine
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Abstract:
Healthcare delivery systems have evolved greatly in recent years thanks to technological advances. Shifts in care, diagnosis and treatment have decreased the importance of traditional methods of care delivery and new ways have been developed to monitor and treat heart disease, inflammation and infection, cancer, diabetes and other chronic conditions. Monitoring techniques, in combination with imaging and telemetrics, can provide real-time, continuous evaluation of many conditions, and technology has not only helped to extend our lifespan but has contributed to an improved quality of life for a
Description / Table of Contents:
Title Page; Preface; Contents; Section I. Critical Reviews; Guided Internet Treatment for Anxiety Disorders. As Effective as Face-To-Face Therapies?; Inter-Reality in the Evaluation and Treatment of Psychological Stress Disorders: The INTERSTRESS Project; Modeling the Social Networking Experience Objectifying the Subjective; The Use of Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Eating Disorders; Lessons Learned from the Development of Technological Support for PTSD Prevention: A Review; Virtual Worlds and Avatars as the New Frontier of Telehealth Care
Description / Table of Contents:
Adapting Computerized Treatments into Traditional Psychotherapy for DepressionWhat Is Positive Technology and Its Impact on CyberPsychology; Human Computer Confluence Applied in Healthcare and Rehabilitation; A Brief Review of Positive Technology in Europe and the USA; Section II. Evaluations Studies; Promotion of Emotional Wellbeing in Oncology Inpatients Using VR; Mobilizing Bystanders of Cyberbullying: An Exploratory Study into Behavioural Determinants of Defending the Victim; Influence of Parental Attitudes Towards Internet Use on the Employment of Online Safety Measures at Home
Description / Table of Contents:
Outcomes from a Pilot Study Using Computer-Based Rehabilitative Tools in a Military PopulationNicotine Craving: ERPs Correlates After VR Exposure to Smoking Cues; Reliability and Validity of TIPS Wireless ECG Prototypes; Associations Between Facial Emotion Recognition, Cognition and Alexithymia in Patients with Schizophrenia: Comparison of Photographic and Virtual Reality Presentations; Postural Control of Elderly: Moving to Predictable and Unpredictable Targets; Assessment of Executive Functions in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by NeuroVR
Description / Table of Contents:
Exergaming for Elderly: Effects of Different Types of Game Feedback on Performance of a Balance TaskBalance Recovery Through Virtual Stepping Exercises Using Kinect Skeleton Tracking: A Follow-Up Study with Chronic Stroke Patients; Effectiveness Evaluation for Short-Term Group Pre-Deployment VR Computer-Assisted Stress Inoculation Training Provided to Polish ISAF Soldiers; Using Virtual Week to Assess Prospective Memory in Younger and Older Adults; Smiling Is Fun: A Coping with Stress and Emotion Regulation Program; The Effectiveness of VR Exposure Therapy for PTSD in Returning Warfighters
Description / Table of Contents:
Bottom-Up and Top-Down Influences of Beliefs on Emotional Responses: Fear of Heights in a Virtual EnvironmentImplicit Theory Manipulations Affecting Efficacy of a Smartphone Application Aiding Speech Therapy for Parkinson's Patients; Mindfulness Training Online for Stress Reduction, a Global Measure; Psychophysiologic Identification of Subthreshold PTSD in Combat Veterans; On the Comparison of VR-Responses, as Performance Measures in Prospective Memory, with Auditory P300 Responses in MCI Detection; Section III. Original Research
Description / Table of Contents:
Tackling Sensitive Issues Using a Game-Based Environment: Serious Game for Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
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