Art Therapy with Interactive Viewing Will Bring Empathy Leading to Health and Care

Health psychology: what will the future bring?

This commentary highlights several important themes and trends in this series of articles focusing on the future of health psychology. First, the challenges posed by changes in populations will only be met if health psychologists can develop a contextual competency. Second, with increasing evidence for the efficacy of health psychology interventions comes heightened interest in testing the effe...

Will the Arab spring bring better health to Egyptians?

Parliamentary elections in Egypt this month look set to change the political landscape. Former member of parliament and equity campaigner Hoda Rashad tells Fiona Fleck why the country's public health programmes need to take a social justice approach.

Viewing and engaging in an art therapy exhibit by people living with mental illness: implications for empathy and social change.

OBJECTIVE To determine how healthcare professionals, family members and community members responded to an art exhibit created by people living with mental illness. STUDY DESIGN Phenomenological study with qualitative analysis. METHODS Forty-six participants with various relationships with people living with mental illness attended an art therapy exhibit and art making workshop. Surveys, res...

Incompletely Evaluated ART Leading to Ectopic Pregnancy and Cerebral Thrombosis

Embedded Empathy in Continuous, Interactive Health Assessment

As an increasing number of new technologies are turning a strong focus on health assessment applications, new engineering and design challenges emerge. Challenges such as inference, modeling, data mining, and feedback for long-term usage arise. This paper argues that embedding empathy into the design of these interactive systems can potentially be vital in the acceptance and success of these ty...