Maximizing the impact of E-Therapy and Serious Gaming: Time for a paradigm shift

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Fleming, Theresa M ^a   de Beurs, Derek ^b   Khazaal, Yasser ^c   Gaggioli, Andrea ^d,e   Riva, Giuseppe ^d,e   Botella, Cristina ^f,g,h   Baños, Rosa M ^g,h   Aschieri, Filippo ^d   Bavin, Lynda M ^a   Kleiboer, Annet ⁱ   Merry, Sally ^a   Lau, Ho Ming ^j   Riper, Heleen ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f Dept de Psicologia Bàsica   (Spain)

^g Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos ^*  (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

CCBT; Computerized therapy; Implementation; Serious games

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DATA PROCESSING; E THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PLAY THERAPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RAPID TEST; SERIOUS GAME; TELEMEDICINE; TELETHERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84975256376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00065     Document Type: Article

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