Integrating socially assistive robotics into mental healthcare interventions: Applications and recommendations for expanded use
Integrating socially assistive robotics into mental healthcare interventions: Applications and recommendations for expanded use
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10.1016/j.cpr.2014.07.001
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发表时间：
2015-02-01
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12.8
通讯作者：
Scassellati, Brian
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作者：
Rabbitt, Sarah M.;Kazdin, Alan E.;Scassellati, Brian
作为一个领域，精神卫生保健面临着重大挑战，因为它试图缩小需要服务的人和接受服务的人之间的巨大差距。近几十年来，技术进步为这场战斗提供了令人兴奋的新资源。社会辅助机器人（SAR）是一个特别有前途的领域，已扩展到几个令人兴奋的心理医疗保健应用。事实上，越来越多的文献强调了这些机器人可以提供的各种临床相关功能，从陪伴到治疗性游戏伙伴。本文回顾了SAR在精神卫生服务和研究中的应用，并讨论了这些应用可以扩展的方式。我们还概述了进一步将SAR纳入精神卫生保健的挑战和局限性。SAR并不是作为专门培训和知识渊博的专业人员的替代品，也不是所有精神卫生保健需求的灵丹妙药。相反，机器人可以在广泛的环境中充当临床工具和助手。鉴于这一领域的巨大增长，现在是精神卫生保健界的个人参与这项研究并将其转向我们领域最迫切的临床需求的关键时刻。(C)2014由Elsevier Ltd.出版
As a field, mental healthcare is faced with major challenges as it attempts to close the huge gap between those who need services and those who receive services. In recent decades, technological advances have provided exciting new resources in this battle. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a particularly promising area that has expanded into several exciting mental healthcare applications. Indeed, a growing literature highlights the variety of clinically relevant functions that these robots can serve, from companion to therapeutic play partner. This paper reviews the ways that SAR have already been used in mental health service and research and discusses ways that these applications can be expanded. We also outline the challenges and limitations associated with further integrating SAR into mental healthcare. SAR is not proposed as a replacement for specially trained and knowledgeable professionals nor is it seen as a panacea for all mental healthcare needs. Instead, robots can serve as clinical tools and assistants in a wide range of settings. Given the dramatic growth in this area, now is a critical moment for individuals in the mental healthcare community to become engaged in this research and steer it toward our field's most pressing clinical needs. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.