Telemedicine for Eating Disorders: A Brief Report of a Italian Project

Abstract

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.