Sensor and MObile based Mental Health Solutions
SyMptOMS is a research project that marries the technical expertise of the GeoSpatial Technologies Research Lab (GEOTEC) with the knowledge in experimental psychology of the Laboratory of Psychology and Technology (LABPSITEC) to develop innovate solutions for the diagnosis, treatment, and relapse prevention of mental health disorders. Hereby, the fundamental observation and starting point is the fact that, despite its enormous potential, the use of geospatial and mobile technologies for mental health is insufficiently researched and used in practice. In SyMptOMS, we therefore investigate how the current capabilities of modern mobile phones (e.g., GPS coordinates, built-in sensors, environment and context detection) and other wearable devices (e.g., smartwatch, sports bracelets, wearable and/or embedded sensors, etc.) may be used and exploited to modernise or develop new psychological assessment and interventions. In a first phase of the project, the focus is particularly on mobile phones applied for so-called ecological momentary assessment and interventions, whereby the patient’s location and behaviour are monitored in order to deliver in-situ and real-time interventions. In a later phase, the developed solutions will be extended to include contextual information through wearables and context-aware analysis. The project was initiated end 2017 with GEOTEC’s own funding. In September 2018, an FPU scholarship was granted on the topic, and in the course of 2019, external funds were awarded from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
Publications
Enhancing stimulus control in the treatment of gambling disorder using location-based technologies Inproceedings ESRII 2019 Abstract book 6th Scientific meeting 2019 September 5-6, Copenhagen, pp. 63-64, 2019. |
Challenges to Deliver Sensor-based Psychological Interventions using Smartphones Inproceedings Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2019 International Symposium on Wearable Computers , pp. 915-920, ACM, New York, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-4503-6869-8. |
Considerations for designing context-aware mobile apps for mental health interventions Journal Article International journal of environmental research and public health, 6 (7), pp. 1197, 2019, (IF). |
Connecting addicted patients and therapists based on GPS for providing context-aware notification Masters Thesis INIT, 2019. |
Symptoms: Una plataforma de analíticas para dar soporte a tratamientos psicológicos Masters Thesis Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, 2018. |
IP: Sven Casteleyn ( sven.casteleyn@uji.es ) & Carlos Granell ( carlos.granell@uji.es )
Technical contact: Sven Casteleyn (sven.casteleyn@uji.es)
Website: http://www.symptoms.uji.es
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