title: Ubiquitous health in practice: the interreality paradigm.
abstract: In this paper we introduce a new ubiquitous computing paradigm for behavioral health care: "Interreality". Interreality integrates assessment and treatment within a hybrid environment, that creates a bridge between the physical and virtual worlds. Our claim is that bridging virtual experiences (fully controlled by the therapist, used to learn coping skills and emotional regulation) with real experiences (allowing both the identification of any critical stressors and the assessment of what has been learned) using advanced technologies (virtual worlds, advanced sensors and PDA/mobile phones) may improve existing psychological treatment. To illustrate the proposed concept, a clinical scenario is also presented and discussed: Daniela, a 40 years old teacher, with a mother affected by Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaggioli
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raspelli
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pallavicini
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cipresso
authors.forename: Brenda K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Wiederhold
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riva
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface