Robot therapy: A new approach for mental healthcare of the elderly - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-386

  Shibata, Takanori ^a   Wada, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Human robot interaction; Mental commitment robot; Psychotherapy; Robot therapy

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ROBOT THERAPY; ROBOTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959648874     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319015     Document Type: Review

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