Healthcare delivery systems have been evolving to rely more heavily on technology.There has been a shift in care prevention, diagnosis and treatment which has decreased the importance of traditional methods of care delivery.
We have put a great deal of effort into the definition of the structure of the volume and in the sequence of the contributions, so that those in search of a specific reading path will be rewarded. To this end we have divided the different chapters into six main sections:1.Editorial: This introductory text expresses the position of the Editors Brenda K. Wiederhold and Giuseppe Riva about the focus of this year issue; 2.Critical Reviews: These chapters summarize and evaluate emerging cybertherapy topics, including technology-enhanced rehabilitation, Interreality, and Intersubjectivity; 3.Evaluation Studies: These chapters are generally undertaken to solve some specific practical problems and yield decisions about the value of cybertherapy interventions; 4.Original Research: These chapters research studies addressing new cybertherapy methods or approaches; 5.Clinical Observations: These chapters include case studies or research protocols with long-term potential. 6.Work in Progress: These chapters include papers describing a future research work.
For both health professionals and patients, the selected contents will play an important role in ensuring that the necessary skills and familiarity with the tools are available, as well as a fair understanding of the context of interaction in which they operate.
In conclusion, this volume underlines how cybertherapy has started to make progress in treating a variety of disorders. However, there is more work to be done in a number of areas, including the development of easy-to-use and more affordable hardware and software, the development of objective measurement tools, the need to address potential side effects, and the implementation of more controlled studies to evaluate the strength of cybertherapy in comparison to traditional therapies.
We are grateful to Chelsie Boyd from the Virtual Reality Medical Institute for her work in collecting and coordinating chapters for this volume. We sincerely hope that you will find this year's volume to be a fascinating and intellectually stimulating read. We continue to believe that together we can change the face of healthcare.

Preface v

Review Board vi

Section I. Editorial

Positive Change: Connecting the Virtual and the Real 3

SectionII. Critical Reviews

Enabling eHealth as a Pathway for Patient Engagement: A Toolkit for Medical Practice 13

Section III. Evaluation Studies

Positive Technology: A Free Mobile Platform for the Self-Management of Psychological Stress 25

Virtual Humans and Formative Assessment to Train Diagnostic Skills in Bulimia Nervosa 30

A Personal Health Information Toolkit for Health Intervention Research 35

Cognitive Assessment of OCD Patients: NeuroVR vs Neuropsychological Test 40

A (Cyber)Place for Wellbeing: Managing Interactions in eHealth 45

Simulated Job Interview Improves Skills for Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses 50

Controlling a Stream of Paranoia Evoking Events in a Virtual Reality Environment 55

Compelling Evidence that Exposure Therapy for PTSD Normalizes Brain Function 61

Effects of Simulation Fidelity on User Experience in Virtual Fear of Public Speaking Training — An Experimental Study 66

Development of a VR Application for Binge Eating Treatment: Identification of Contexts and Cues Related to Bingeing Behavior in Spanish and Italian Patients 71

Section IV. Original Research

The Mediating Role of Facebook Fan Pages 79

Marketing Analysis of a Positive Technology App for the Self-Management of Psychological Stress 83

VR Mobile Solutions for Chronic Stress Reduction in Young Adults 88

Quantifying the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Pain Management: A Pilot Study 94 Parental Mediation and Cyberbullying - A Longitudinal Study 98

Cognitive Assessment of Stroke Patients with Mobile Apps: A Controlled Study 103 What Do We Mean by Social Networking Sites? 108

Online Perspective-Taking as an Intervention Tool Against Cyberbullying 113

Grief Support Groups in Second Life 118

How Do Client and Therapists in Online Text Therapy Experience Their Exchanges and Relationship? 123

Exploring Identity Motives in Twitter Usage in Saudi Arabia and the UK 128

The Impact of Cyberstalking: The Lived Experience - A Thematic Analysis 133

Section V. Clinical Observations

Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy with Arousal Control for the Treatment of Combat Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Follow Up Case Series 141

Validation of VR-Based Software for Binge Eating Treatment: Preliminary Data 146 Section V. Work in Progress

Assessing the Mental Frame Syncing in the Elderly: AVirtual Reality Protocol 153 Intersubjectivity in Video Interview 158

NIRS Study of the Effects of Computerized Brain Training Games for Cognitive Rehabilitation of Major Depressive Disorder Patients in Remission: A Pilot Study 163

Usability Assessment of the Virtual Multitasking Test (V-MT) for Elderly People 168

Addressing Cultural Contexts in the Management of Stress via Narrative and Mobile Technology 173

Subject Index 179

Author Index 181

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