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Personalizing Mental Health

Year: 2019

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Behavioral Activation (BA) psychotherapy for depression typically applies paper-based activity planning and registration. This is cumbersome, subject to recall bias, and provides limited support for personalized reflection on individual activity patterns. This paper presents MORIBUS; a smartphone tool for BA to be used in therapy. It provides a simple way of planning and registering activities, and their immediate emotional impact. Through visual analytic tools, the patient gains personalized insight into own behavior. We examined the feasibility of MORIBUS in a 4-week study including seven patients diagnosed with depression. The study revealed individual differences in BA patterns. We discuss the implications of these findings and argue for the necessity of automatic but still personalized technology.

Source: International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

DOI: 10.1145/3329189.3329214

Authors: Darius A Rohani, Nanna Tuxen, Andrea Quemada Lopategui, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Lars V Kessing, Jakob E Bardram

Institution: Technical University of Denmark

Language: English

Topic: Digital Mental Health Interventions

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Innovationsfonden