Computer-assisted therapy: Cognitive training of heroin abusers

Pedro Gamito; Jorge Oliveira; Diogo Morais; Rodrigo Brito; Paulo Lopes; Cristiana Caçoête; André Leandro; Teresa Almeida; Hugo Oliveira

doi:10.1145/2838944.2838946

Computer-assisted therapy: Cognitive training of heroin abusers

Pedro Gamito, Jorge Oliveira, Diogo Morais, Rodrigo Brito, Paulo Lopes, Cristiana Caçoête, André Leandro, Teresa Almeida, Hugo Oliveira

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Abstract

Heroin addiction has a negative impact on cognitive functions, and recovering addicts suffer from cognitive impairment. Traditional cognitive rehabilitation approaches suffer from limited motivational appeal and are relatively cumbersome to carry out. We report a study testing on an alternative mHealth approach using tablets and serious games to stimulate cognitive functions. In order to test the efficacy of these methods, a small scale cognitive training program was run with a sample of male heroin addicts who were undergoing a rehabilitation program for heroin addiction as inpatients at a local NGO. The results were promising and highlight the need for randomized control trials to clearly ascertain the efficacy of this alternative approach to cognitive rehabilitation programs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015
Editors	Daniyal M. Alghazzawi, Habib M. Fardoun, Victor M. Ruiz Penichet, Pedro Gamito
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	5-9
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450338981
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2838944.2838946
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2015
Event	3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 1 Oct 2015 → 2 Oct 2015

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	01-02-October-2015

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Conference	3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	1/10/15 → 2/10/15

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Keywords

Cognitive Training
Heroin Addiction
mHealth

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Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Brito, R., Lopes, P., Caçoête, C., Leandro, A., Almeida, T., & Oliveira, H. (2015). Computer-assisted therapy: Cognitive training of heroin abusers. In D. M. Alghazzawi, H. M. Fardoun, V. M. R. Penichet, & P. Gamito (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015 (pp. 5-9). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 01-02-October-2015). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2838944.2838946

Gamito, Pedro ; Oliveira, Jorge ; Morais, Diogo et al. / Computer-assisted therapy : Cognitive training of heroin abusers. Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015. editor / Daniyal M. Alghazzawi ; Habib M. Fardoun ; Victor M. Ruiz Penichet ; Pedro Gamito. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. pp. 5-9 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Gamito, P , Oliveira, J , Morais, D, Brito, R, Lopes, P, Caçoête, C, Leandro, A, Almeida, T & Oliveira, H 2015, Computer-assisted therapy: Cognitive training of heroin abusers. in DM Alghazzawi, HM Fardoun, VMR Penichet & P Gamito (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 01-02-October-2015, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 5-9, 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2838944.2838946

Computer-assisted therapy: Cognitive training of heroin abusers. / Gamito, Pedro ; Oliveira, Jorge ; Morais, Diogo et al.
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