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Use of socially assistive robots in mental health: barriers and facilitators
Ferreira, Ana Raquel da Rocha; Silva, Maria Goreti Moreira Magalhães De Sousa; Correia, Maria de Oliveira; Simões De Almeida, RaquelAccess to mental healthcare is faced with many challenges and to address the needs of patients, socially assistive robots (SAR) have been used as an innovative therapeutic tool. The literature highlights a variety of relevant functions and benefits that these robots can serve, be it companion, coach, or play partner. This chapter aims to contribute to the current knowledge about SAR in mental health as a tool t...
Enter the virtual forest: exploring the benefits of forest therapy in a digital...
Soutelo, Ana Paula; Simões De Almeida, Raquel; Sousa, Ana Rita; Simões-Silva, Vítor; Monteiro, Maria Luís; Portugal, PaulaOne of the many challenges of this urbanization is significantly reflected in the distribution of urban green spaces, which may still not meet the needs of all inhabitants and preclude the many benefits that urban green spaces bring to mental health. From this perspective, Shinrin-Yoku emerged a traditional Japanese practice known as Forest Therapy (FT) or Forest Bathing (FB), as a natural health treatment. Usi...
Transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral group interventions: a systematic review
Joaquim, Stephanie Bittencourt; Simões De Almeida, Raquel; Marques, António J.Transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy (tCBT) has presented itself as an intervention proposal that aims to integrate the common processes of human functioning with the therapeutic strategies of conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy, considered the gold standard for treating numerous disorders. As far as we know, this review is the first to specifically evaluate transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral in...
Healthcare professionals’ resilience during the COVID-19 and organizational fac...
Simões De Almeida, Raquel; Costa, Ana; Teixeira, Inês; Trigueiro, Maria João; Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Marques, AntónioHealthcare workers are a susceptible population to be psychologically affected during health crises, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Resilience has been pointed out in the literature as a possible protective factor against psychological distress in crisis situations. This can be influenced by internal and external factors, such as individual characteristics and organizational factors. Thus, this study aim...
Ies we can: web-based gamified learning for social entrepreneurship and innovation
Coelho, Tiago; Campos, Carlos; Simões-Silva, Vitor; Simões De Almeida, Raquel; Trigueiro, Maria J.In the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation course of the Occupational Therapy degree (School of Health, Polytechnic University of Porto) a gamification method was employed to complement the teaching-learning process.
Impact of a virtual reality-based simulation on empathy and knowledge toward Mi...
Lopes, Inês; Simões De Almeida, Raquel; Marques, AntónioVirtual Reality (VR) is considered a powerful resource for developing empathy and pro-social behaviors since it allows individuals to experience a situation that is close to reality from another person's perspective. This quasi-experimental study was designed to measure the impact that a VR simulation which mimics the experience of misophonic symptoms, while performing a cognitive task, has on empathy and knowl...
Virtual reality exposure therapy for armed forces veterans with post-traumatic ...
Vianez, Ana; Marques, António; Simões De Almeida, RaquelVirtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an emerging treatment for people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to the limited accessibility of psychotherapies. This research aims to determine the guidelines for developing a Virtual Reality–War Scenario program for Armed Forces veterans with PTSD and encompasses two studies: Study 1, a systematic electronic database review; Study 2, a focus...
Mobile mental health: opportunities and challenges
Simões De Almeida, RaquelSeveral people with mental health problems do not receive suitable treatment and often avoid or delay seeking help due to concerns about being treated differently and other practical barriers (for example, services costs and unavailability). The mobile health concept has gained more enthusiasts worldwide exactly because it helps mitigate some of these issues. However, despite the emerging scientific evidence in...
Artificial intelligence in digital mental health
Lopes Martins, Constantino; Martinho, Diogo; Marreiros, Goreti; Conceição, Luís; Faria, Luiz; Simões De Almeida, RaquelThe prevention of diseases considered a scourge of our society, as for example mental illness, particularly anxiety disorders and depressive states, is a primary and urgent goal today and a priority axis of the EU. Mental illness includes many clinical conditions associated with several changes that include limitations related with social interaction or several tasks such as sleeping through the night, doing ho...
AI chatbots in mental health: are we there yet?
Simões De Almeida, RaquelPeople with mental health problems often struggle in getting the suitable treatment regarding not only the type of interventions available but also the conditions required for a proper treatment, mainly cost, locality, and frequency. The use of AI chatbots for this population is a new trend and can reduce the gap between the need for mental health care making them accessible in a cost-effective way. Although ch...