The Use of Immersive Environments for the Early Detection and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

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 seve...

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Published in:Frontiers in digital health 2021-02, Vol.2, p.576076
Main Authors: Martin, Robert F K, Leppink-Shands, Patrick, Tlachac, Matthew, DuBois, Megan, Conelea, Christine, Jacob, Suma, Morellas, Vassilios, Morris, Theodore, Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos
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Language:English
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autism
behavioral disorder
Digital Health
immersive environment
neuropsychiatric
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2673-253X
2673-253X
DOI:10.3389/fdgth.2020.576076