Title :
Computer Based Psychotherapy for Treatment of Depression and Anxiety
Author :
Purves, Byron ; Purves, David
Author_Institution :
Self Help Solutions, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Abstract :
This paper describes a new computer based delivery method of cognitive behavioral therapy for relief of depression or anxiety. Blues Begone combines established psychological principles with a novel implementation that makes depression recovery available to many more people than face-to-face therapy, and without the side effects of drugs. A flexible architecture makes possible significant variation in content without software change
Keywords :
behavioural sciences computing; medical computing; patient treatment; psychology; Blues Begone; anxiety treatment; cognitive behavioral therapy; computer based delivery method; computer based psychotherapy; depression recovery; depression treatment; psychological principles; Application software; Automation; Books; Computer architecture; Computer science education; Drugs; History; Humans; Medical treatment; Psychology;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 2007. ECBS '07. 14th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2772-8
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.2007.26
