Telemedicine for Eating Disorders: A Brief Report of a Italian Project
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https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.74.8132Keywords:
eating disorders, telemedicine, cyber-therapy, counselling, caregiversAbstract
The objectives of the present work are the research and development of a Telemedicine system for therapy and enhanced monitoring of Eating disorders (ED). To this end, useful tools have been developed both for patients and caregivers and for operators: a) a mobile application for medical and psychological updates on the status of patients and through which it is possible to access psychological counselling services for family caregivers; and b) virtual and immersive reality viewers for the therapy of ED patients with social anxiety.
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