Background eHealth has an enormous potential to improve healthcare cost, effectiveness,
and quality of care. However, there seems to be a gap between the foreseen benefits of …

Social Virtual Reality (social VR or SVR) provides digital spaces for diverse human activities,
social interactions, and embodied face-to-face encounters. While our digital bodies in SVR …

The concept of the metaverse was first coined in the science fiction novel Snow Crash
published 30 years ago, serving as the pregenesis concept of the next groundbreaking …

Background Despite rapid growth in eHealth research, there remains a lack of consistency
in defining and using terms related to eHealth. More widely cited definitions provide broad …

The proliferation of the Internet and other technological innovations has transformed the
structure of the tourism industry as well as affected how tourism destinations are perceived …

Remarkable progress has been made in develo** psychosocial interventions for a broad
range of psychiatric disorders for children, adolescents, and adults. In addition many efforts …

Currently, in the United States and worldwide, the vast majority of children and adolescents
in need of mental health services receive no treatment. Although there are many barriers, a …

OBJECTIVE: A technical expert panel convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality and the National Institute of Mental Health was charged with reviewing the state of …

eHealth interventions are recognized to have a tremendous potential to promote patient
engagement. To date, the majority of studies examine the efficacy of eHealth in enhancing …

Most individuals in both develo** and developed countries who experience mental illness
do not receive psychological services. The dominant model of delivering services used in …