Evaluation of Justina: A virtual patient with PTSD

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5208 LNAI, Issue , 2008, Pages 394-408

  Kenny, Patrick ^a   Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Gratch, Jonathan ^a   Rizzo, Albert A ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychopathology; Virtual humans; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MENTAL HEALTH; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; VIRTUAL CHARACTERS; VIRTUAL HUMANS; VIRTUAL PATIENTS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 52449118573     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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