An ontology for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Application to Obesity

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009:144:16-8.

Abstract

In the last few years the use of medical and biomedical ontologies has increased considerably. It is very common to find applications and semantic webs using this kind of ontologies and a large number of papers have been written explaining why ontologies are useful in these fields. In this paper the use of ontologies for psychology and its benefits is discussed and a first ontology for obesity treatment is presented.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Ontologies*
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Obesity
  • Semantics*
  • Terminology as Topic
  • Vocabulary, Controlled