Yahya Elyasse wrote:
I'm really interested in any research which has been done in the mental health field (especially Depression ,Social anxiety and Bipolar disorder). and if any accredited research university or institution has put some successful technology based methods to help cure these disorders.
Frank Silbermann wrote:Doesn't the ELIZA program provide Rogerian therapy?
Weizenbaum said that ELIZA, running the DOCTOR script, provided a "parody" of "the responses of a nondirectional psychotherapist in an initial psychiatric interview."[1] He chose the context of psychotherapy to "sidestep the problem of giving the program a data base of real-world knowledge",[2] the therapeutic situation being one of the few real human situations in which a human being can reply to a statement with a question that indicates very little specific knowledge of the topic under discussion. For example, it is a context in which the question "Who is your favorite composer?" can be answered acceptably with responses such as "What about your own favorite composer?" or "Does that question interest you?"
Frank Silbermann wrote:Doesn't the ELIZA program provide Rogerian therapy?
Ulf Dittmer wrote:Certainly it can be of use, but just as certainly software alone can't address a medical problem.
That's somewhat like trying to implement technological solutions to sociological problems - it's doomed to fail.
Joe Ess wrote:
Frank Silbermann wrote:Doesn't the ELIZA program provide Rogerian therapy?
Weizenbaum said that ELIZA, running the DOCTOR script, provided a "parody" of "the responses of a nondirectional psychotherapist in an initial psychiatric interview."[1] He chose the context of psychotherapy to "sidestep the problem of giving the program a data base of real-world knowledge",[2] the therapeutic situation being one of the few real human situations in which a human being can reply to a statement with a question that indicates very little specific knowledge of the topic under discussion. For example, it is a context in which the question "Who is your favorite composer?" can be answered acceptably with responses such as "What about your own favorite composer?" or "Does that question interest you?"
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So no, it doesn't actually conduct therapy, the therapy situation makes for an easy conversation to mimic.
Joe Ess wrote:
Yahya Elyasse wrote:
I'm really interested in any research which has been done in the mental health field (especially Depression ,Social anxiety and Bipolar disorder). and if any accredited research university or institution has put some successful technology based methods to help cure these disorders.
A good portion of Cognative Therapy consists of tracking one's feelings so one can identify patterns and address them. I could see the tracking being automated. As a matter of fact, one of my friends worked on an app: Should I break up with my boyfriend, which appears to use Cognitive Therapy techniques.
I work at a hospital and I've been collaborating with our mental health institute to extend the reach of their automated assessment application. I'm not sure if there's any "real" research in the field on the impact of such initiatives. If not, it sounds like a good opportunity for a grant proposal.