Ethical Considerations of Using VR in Mental Health Training

2022 ◽  
pp. 104-130
Author(s):  
Andrew Cachia ◽  
Vanessa Camilleri ◽  
Alexiei Dingli ◽  
Michael Galea ◽  
Paulann Grech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Reality Simulator ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Virtual Workplace ◽  
Intelligence System ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Initial Results

Mental health students, who are still undergoing training, might find it challenging to visualise and fully understand what their patients experience. For this reason, the authors created a virtual reality simulator which mimics the symptoms of a person suffering from schizophrenia at a virtual workplace. The simulation is managed by an artificial intelligence system which asks the user to attempt simple tasks, while simultaneously facing both visual and auditory hallucinations. The AI also adapts the storyline and character behaviour dynamically to increase the immersiveness of the experience. A pilot study was carried out, and the initial results were very encouraging. In fact, the absolute majority of the users stated that the simulation has helped increase their understanding of schizophrenia. In this chapter, the authors evaluate this experiment but from a different perspective. They focus mainly on the use of emerging technologies such as AI and VR and discuss the ethical considerations of their use within the field of mental health.

7. Into the 21st century

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Burns
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
New Science ◽  
The Core ◽  
New Treatment ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Manage Mental

‘Into the 21st century’ explains how there is an increased focus on how our body, and not just the brain, influences our mental health. Rapidly advancing computer technology, including artificial intelligence and virtual reality, is beginning to provide new treatment possibilities, not just support and simplify the old ones. The development of sophisticated imaging has supercharged the area of neurosciences and the increased understanding of genetics and the new science of epigenetics provide psychiatry with greater tools to identify and manage mental illnesses. A paradox with our increasingly technological and scientific advances is that the core dilemmas of psychiatry appear not to be diminishing. Psychiatry will survive the 21st century, but certainly it is changing.

Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-162
Author(s):  
Adrienne Grzenda
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
High Dimensionality ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Intelligent Software ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Convergent Approach

Artificial intelligence is devoted to developing “intelligent” software and machines capable of learning, reasoning, perception, and movement. The field frequently suffers from exaggerated claims as to its immediate promise or detriment to humanity. In practice, artificial intelligence is a set of powerful tools that facilitate a convergent approach to complex problems. Artificial intelligence—more specifically, machine learning—is critical to capitalizing on big data, the high-volume, high-dimensionality data sets generated by advanced biological, clinical, and mobile technologies. This chapter provides an overview to the key concepts of artificial intelligence as well as a primer to the field’s core methods. A discussion follows as to how these techniques may address notable challenges within mental health with select examples from the literature. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of training, technical, and ethical considerations in implementation.

Online mental health education teaching mode and empirical research based on Artificial intelligence

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Lilingling
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Expert Consultation ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Mental Health Education

With the continuous development of society, work pressure and study pressure are increasingly becoming the key factors affecting people’s physical and mental health, especially for college students, good knowledge and skills as well as superior psychological quality are the important factors for them to become excellent talents. As an important factor affecting people’s psychological quality, mental health has been paid more and more attention by people. The effect of traditional mental health education in daily education activities is not very obvious, which cannot achieve a profound impact on people’s mental health training and development. In this paper, based on the artificial intelligence online technology, an expert system of mental health education and daily consultation is designed. The system mainly integrates four application modules: psychological knowledge learning, psychological daily evaluation, psychological expert consultation and personal personalized management. The experiment shows that the artificial intelligence online expert consultation system designed in this paper can query daily psychological problems conveniently and quickly. At the same time, the treatment of human psychological problems can be realized through the intelligent online psychological counselling and the relief of psychological symptoms. The artificial intelligence online mental health education system has obvious practical value and social significance.

scholarly journals Digital Mental Health Amid COVID-19

Encyclopedia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1047-1057
Author(s):  
Luke Balcombe ◽  
Diego De Leo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Information And Communication

Digital Mental Health is information and communication technology used in mental health services delivered or boosted through the Internet and related technologies, smartphone and wearable technologies as well as immersive solutions (e.g., Virtual Reality and video games). It is predominantly used as self-help services or with the assistance of a (para-)professional and/or artificial intelligence for the provision of mental health promotion as well as mental ill-health identification, prevention and intervention.

Mental Health Training: Revolution in Professional Training

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Metalef ◽  
Karl Pottharst ◽  
Mortimer Appley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Health Training
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