SCOPE's (Supporting Cognition Outlines on Psychological Evaluation) main objective is the definition of computer support for psychological assessment, diagnosis and therapy processes. SCOPE supports psychotherapy processes through the use of adequate cognitive mapping tools, based on emerging interaction techniques and systems and on new and adaptive visualization approaches, that naturally integrate the interview, analysis and diagnosis process. The computational support aims at helping therapists delineate the cognitive organization and the dysfunctional cognitive processes of the patient, through cognitive and narrative approaches; as well as the patients work throughout the entire therapy process.
Some of the tasks that can be accomplished by using the available SCOPE prototypes are:
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