Title
Characteristics of successful technological interventions in mental resilience training
Author
Vakili, V.
Brinkman, W.P.
Morina, N.
Neerincx, M.A.
Publication year
2014
Abstract
In the last two decades, several effective virtual reality-based interventions for anxiety disorders have been developed. Virtual reality interventions can also be used to build resilience to psychopathology for populations at risk of exposure to traumatic experiences and developing mental disorders as a result, such as for people working in vulnerable professions. Despite the interest among mental health professionals and researchers in applying new technology-supported interventions for pre-trauma mental resilience training, there is a lack of recommendations about what constitutes potentially effective technology-supported resilience training. This article analyses the role of technology in the field of stress-resilience training. It presents lessons learned from technology developers currently working in the area, and it identifies some key clinical requirements for the supported resilience interventions. Two processes made up this research: 1) developers of technology-assisted resilience programs were interviewed regarding human-computer interaction and system development; 2) discussions with clinicians were prompted using technology-centered concept storyboards to elicit feedback, and to refine, validate and extend the initial concepts. A qualitative analysis of the interviews produced a set of development guidelines that engineers should follow and a list of intervention requirements that the technology should fulfill. These recommendations can help bridge the gap between engineers and clinicians when generating novel resilience interventions for people in vulnerable professions. © Springer Science+Business Media 2014.
Subject
Human Performances
PCS - Perceptual and Cognitive Systems
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Informatics
Information Society
Interaction design
Mental resilience
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Qualitative research
Systemdesign
Training
army
breathing exercise
coping behavior
emotion
emotional stress
feedback system
health program
human
human computer interaction
interview
posttraumatic stress disorder
practice guideline
psychotherapy
qualitative analysis
review
technology
vignette
virtual reality
vulnerable population
war
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-014-0113-2
TNO identifier
513334
Publisher
Springer New York LLC
ISSN
1573-689X
Source
Journal of Medical Systems, 38 (9)
Article number
113
Document type
article