Relational agents in clinical psychiatry

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Bickmore, Timothy ^a   Gruber, Amanda ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated counseling; Conversational agent; Embodied; Relational agent; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONVERSATION; COUNSELING; DIET; EMPATHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELECONSULTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERNET; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 77949583461     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673221003707538     Document Type: Review

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