TL;DR
This chapter reviews the current state and future potential of robotics and sensing technologies in mental health care, highlighting design and ethical considerations and emerging innovations.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of robotics applications in mental health, discussing recent uses, design challenges, ethical issues, and future technological prospects.
Findings
Robotics are increasingly used in mental health interventions.
Design and ethical issues are critical in deploying mental health robots.
Emerging technologies hold promise for future mental health applications.
Abstract
This chapter discusses the existing and future use of robotics and intelligent sensing technology in mental health care. While the use of this technology is nascent in mental health care, it represents a potentially useful tool in the practitioner's toolbox. The goal of this chapter is to provide a brief overview of the field, discuss the recent use of robotics technology in mental health care practice, explore some of the design issues and ethical issues of using robots in this space, and finally to explore the potential of emerging technology.
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