ISLANDS: Integrated system for long distance psychiatric assistance and non-conventional distributed health services

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0016

Key words (English)

Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Scientific Research; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLG5CT-2002-01637

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.4 Environment and health

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel
Center of Applied Technology in Mental Health

Abstract (English)

ISLANDS aims to develop services to provide modular, non-conventional, remote psychiatric and psychotherapeutic assistance for remote areas. The services will include diagnostic, counselling and therapeutic services for patients (suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders, agoraphobia or other phobias, depression or problems of alcohol abuse and concurrent violence in families), their families and local medical doctors. These services will be remotely offered, through the use of innovative computerized tools (i.e. assessment and training tools, elevant cases database, service application expert tool) and a modular, reliable, secure and cost-efficient communication and service delivery platform. By these means the quality of life of the users, the quality of mental healthcare and the economic strength of the region will improve, while inequalities in health care services among European regions will be smoothened.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 03.0016