Robot-mediated interventions for youth mental health.
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| Title: | Robot-mediated interventions for youth mental health. |
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| Authors: | Alves-Oliveira, Patrícia, Budhiraja, Tanya, So, Samuel, Karim, Raida, Björling, Elin, Cakmak, Maya |
| Source: | Design for Health; Aug2022, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p138-162, 25p |
| Subject Terms: | YOUTH health, MENTAL health, CLINICAL psychologists, INTERACTIVE multimedia, DIGITAL technology |
| Abstract: | Evidence-based therapies have proven effective in treating the mental health of adolescents. However, these interventions are not without shortcomings: therapies are costly and not accessible for everyone who needs them; psychologists are scarce, with more adolescents needing support than therapists available. We contribute to mental health support tools with a digital robot agent that delivers micro-interventions to adolescents. Our key insight is that translating therapies traditionally provided in a physical workbook format to an interactive robot uncovers therapeutic mechanisms that promote healing. We present our translation process from workbook to robot-mediated therapy, which include the co-design of a robot with adolescents and heuristic evaluations with evidence-based clinical psychologists. This work presents a preliminary study with adolescents in which they used both the workbook (traditional medium) and the digital robot (interactive medium) during two consecutive weeks. Results show both a preference for the robot and more engagement of this treatment delivery option. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Biomedical Index |
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