A digital therapeutic alliance in digital mental health
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The digital therapeutic alliance (DTA) is a user-perceived alliance composed of a bond, agreement on tasks, and agreement on goals, which can occur in interaction with CAI.
“Thus, following Bordin (101), Kaveladze and Schueller (102) define the digital therapeutic alliance (DTA) as “a user-perceived alliance (composed of a bond, agreement on the tasks directed toward improvement, and agreement on therapeutic goals)” [emphasis added, pp. 88–89], which, at least to some extent, can occur in interaction with CAI.”
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- Authors
- Kaveladze, B., & Schueller, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Venue
- Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 87-98
- OpenAlex
- W4298152470
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 11.81
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Keywords
- digital mental health interventions, therapeutic relationship, human-technology relationship, artificial intelligence in mental health, user engagement, intervention design
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