A Review of Knowledge-Based Interventions for Mental Health Self-Management
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knowledge base, mental health, semantic network, conversational agentsAbstract
Mental health disorders have affected people's everyday lives globally, showing rapid growth. Effective detection, diagnosis, and treatment of MSDs can occur by utilizing increasingly substantial amounts of available health data from diverse sources. However, there are many challenges in developing effective treatment models for this condition. The challenges are further complicated by the volume, heterogeneity, interoperability, propagation, and complexity of data, especially with the emergence of big data. Knowledge management and knowledge-based systems have significantly impacted healthcare quality and delivery, especially patient self-management. In this work, we review knowledge-based applications for mental health self-management. The research efforts are synthesized, discussing shortcomings and future research directions.
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