Intelligent nano-worlds: A new ICT based tool for mental health care of children living under social vulnerability

Fernando Pesántez-Avilés, Verónica Cevallos León Wong, Vladimir Robles-Bykbaev, Ana Pacurucu-Pacurucu, Cristian Tapia-Jaya, Ismael San Andrés-Becerra, Estefanía Borck-Vintimilla, Paola Ingavélez-Guerra

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Abstract

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017. The latest estimates of UNICEF and United Nations present a complex picture related with children living under social vulnerability. Approximately, one-half of the estimated 57.4 million people displaced by war around the world are children, most of whom have been separated from their families. In the same line, many countries (especially the developing ones) present a lack of specialized professionals and resources to provide mental care and rehabilitation services. Thus, children who are under institutional care, frequently present some kind of resistance to the psychological intervention. On those grounds, this paper presents a new proposal with the aim of providing support for infant psychotherapy (diagnosis and intervention) focused on this vulnerable population. Our approach relies on the new idea of incorporating the “interactive and ludic nano-worlds” (that are special sceneries inside a micro-world focused on the patient’s profile). Likewise, the developed system uses intelligent ICT tools, and an expert system to generate automatically intervention guidelines. This proposal has been tested with 124 children and has reached encouraging results.
Translated title of the contributionNanomundos inteligentes: una nueva herramienta basada en las TIC para la atención de la salud mental de los niños que viven en situación de vulnerabilidad social
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent nano-worlds: A new ICT based tool for mental health care of children living under social vulnerability
Pages403-412
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9783319416519
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017
EventAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - , Germany
Duration: 1 Jan 2015 → …

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume482
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Country/TerritoryGermany
Period1/01/15 → …

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