@inproceedings{94d84b6551744d90b37037186d71d3e4,
title = "Investigating Prosodic Accommodation in Clinical Interviews with Depressed Patients",
abstract = "Six in-depth clinical interviews, involving six elderly female patients (aged 60+) and one female psychiatrist, were recorded and analysed for a number of prosodic accommodation variables. Our analysis focused on pitch, speaking time, and vowel-space ratio. Findings indicate that there is a dynamic manifestation of prosodic accommodation over the course of the interactions. There is clear adaptation on the part of the psychiatrist, even going so far as to have a reduced vowel-space ratio, mirroring a reduced vowel-space ratio in the depressed patients. Previous research has found a reduced vowel-space ratio to be associated with psychological distress; however, we suggest that it indicates a high level of adaptation on the part of the psychiatrist and needs to be considered when analysing psychiatric clinical interactions.",
keywords = "Accommodation, Clinical interviews, Depression, Interaction, Prosody, Speech analysis, Vowel-space",
author = "Brian Vaughan and {De Pasquale}, Carolina and Lorna Wilson and Charlie Cullen and Brian Lawlor",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2018.; 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health, MindCare 2018 ; Conference date: 09-01-2018 Through 10-01-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_19",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030010928",
series = "Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "150--159",
editor = "Pietro Cipresso and Baker, {Justin T.} and Silvia Serino and Yuri Ostrovsky",
booktitle = "Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - 7th International Conference, MindCare 2018, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}