TY - JOUR
T1 - The Use of Immersive Environments for the Early Detection and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
AU - Martin, Robert F.K.
AU - Leppink-Shands, Patrick
AU - Tlachac, Matthew
AU - Dubois, Megan
AU - Conelea, Christine
AU - Jacob, Suma
AU - Morellas, Vassilios
AU - Morris, Theodore
AU - Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Martin, Leppink-Shands, Tlachac, DuBois, Conelea, Jacob, Morellas, Morris and Papanikolopoulos.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Neuropsychiatric disorders are highly prevalent conditions with significant individual, societal, and economic impacts. A major challenge in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions is the lack of sensitive, reliable, objective, quantitative tools to inform diagnosis, and measure symptom severity. Currently available assays rely on self-reports and clinician observations, leading to subjective analysis. As a step toward creating quantitative assays of neuropsychiatric symptoms, we propose an immersive environment to track behaviors relevant to neuropsychiatric symptomatology and to systematically study the effect of environmental contexts on certain behaviors. Moreover, the overarching theme leads to connected tele-psychiatry which can provide effective assessment.
AB - Neuropsychiatric disorders are highly prevalent conditions with significant individual, societal, and economic impacts. A major challenge in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions is the lack of sensitive, reliable, objective, quantitative tools to inform diagnosis, and measure symptom severity. Currently available assays rely on self-reports and clinician observations, leading to subjective analysis. As a step toward creating quantitative assays of neuropsychiatric symptoms, we propose an immersive environment to track behaviors relevant to neuropsychiatric symptomatology and to systematically study the effect of environmental contexts on certain behaviors. Moreover, the overarching theme leads to connected tele-psychiatry which can provide effective assessment.
KW - autism
KW - behavioral disorder
KW - immersive environment
KW - neuropsychiatric
KW - tourette
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U2 - 10.3389/fdgth.2020.576076
DO - 10.3389/fdgth.2020.576076
M3 - Article
C2 - 34713048
AN - SCOPUS:85133361483
SN - 2673-253X
VL - 2
JO - Frontiers in Digital Health
JF - Frontiers in Digital Health
M1 - 576076
ER -