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Data donation as an engine for passive sensing research in psychiatry

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Passive sensing research in psychiatry often yields only small effects due to reliability and heterogeneity issues caused by underpowered, unrepresentative samples. We argue that patient-driven data donation, leveraging widespread health self-tracking, offers an innovative complementary method for collecting larger, more diverse data-sets and improving the validity of inferences from passive measures.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2026.10878

Authors: Philipp Herzog, Sylvie Blairy, Philip S. Santangelo

Institutions: University of Liège, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, University of Luxembourg

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Research Topics

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W7225404028