TY - JOUR
T1 - Ubiquitous health in practice: the interreality paradigm.
AU - Gaggioli, Andrea
AU - Raspelli, Simona
AU - Grassi, Alessandra
AU - Pallavicini, Federica
AU - Cipresso, Pietro
AU - Wiederhold, Brenda K.
AU - Riva, Giuseppe
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper we introduce a new ubiquitous computing paradigm for behavioral health care: "Interreality". Interreality integrates assessment and treatment within a hybrid environment, that creates a bridge between the physical and virtual worlds. Our claim is that bridging virtual experiences (fully controlled by the therapist, used to learn coping skills and emotional regulation) with real experiences (allowing both the identification of any critical stressors and the assessment of what has been learned) using advanced technologies (virtual worlds, advanced sensors and PDA/mobile phones) may improve existing psychological treatment. To illustrate the proposed concept, a clinical scenario is also presented and discussed: Daniela, a 40 years old teacher, with a mother affected by Alzheimer's disease.
AB - In this paper we introduce a new ubiquitous computing paradigm for behavioral health care: "Interreality". Interreality integrates assessment and treatment within a hybrid environment, that creates a bridge between the physical and virtual worlds. Our claim is that bridging virtual experiences (fully controlled by the therapist, used to learn coping skills and emotional regulation) with real experiences (allowing both the identification of any critical stressors and the assessment of what has been learned) using advanced technologies (virtual worlds, advanced sensors and PDA/mobile phones) may improve existing psychological treatment. To illustrate the proposed concept, a clinical scenario is also presented and discussed: Daniela, a 40 years old teacher, with a mother affected by Alzheimer's disease.
KW - interreality
KW - ubiquitous health
KW - interreality
KW - ubiquitous health
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/9900
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-185
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-185
M3 - Article
VL - 163
SP - 185
EP - 191
JO - Not available
JF - Not available
ER -