What really matters - An information gain analysis of questions and reactions in automated PTSD screenings

• Published in: International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops pp. 15 - 20
• Main Authors: Wortwein, Torsten, Scherer, Stefan
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Acoustics; Feature extraction; Interviews; Medical services; Principal component analysis; Support vector machines; Training

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition which severely affects society on many levels. However, PTSD remains often undiagnosed and untreated. To improve screening access and acceptance, a fully automated virtual human was designed to conduct many PTSD screening interviews...