scholarly journals Patient-Driven Innovation for Mobile Mental Health Technology: Case Report of Symptom Tracking in Schizophrenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. e27 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Torous ◽  
Spencer Roux
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽  
Mobile Mental Health

This patient perspective piece presents an important case at the intersection of mobile health technology, mental health, and innovation. The potential of digital technologies to advance mental health is well known, although the challenges are being increasingly recognized. Making mobile health work for mental health will require broad collaborations. We already know that those who experience mental illness are excited by the potential technology, with many actively engaged in research, fundraising, advocacy, and entrepreneurial ventures. But we don’t always hear their voice as often as others. There is a clear advantage for their voice to be heard: so we can all learn from their experiences at the direct intersection of mental health and technology innovation. The case is cowritten with an individual with schizophrenia, who openly shares his name and personal experience with mental health technology in order to educate and inspire others. This paper is the first in JMIR Mental Health’s patient perspective series, and we welcome future contributions from those with lived experience.

scholarly journals Mental Health Apps in Psychiatric Treatment: A Patient Perspective on Real World Technology Usage (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil Chiauzzi ◽  
Amy Newell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Health Apps ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mobile Mental Health

UNSTRUCTURED For many people who use mobile apps, the primary motivations are entertainment, news, gaming, social connections, or productivity. For those experiencing health problems, particularly those with chronic conditions such as psychiatric disorders, the stakes are much higher. The digital tools that they select may be the difference between improvement and decompensation or even life and death. Although there has been a wide expansion of mental health apps with promise as well as hype, the current means of researching, evaluating, and deploying effective tools have been problematic. As a means of gaining a perspective that moves beyond usability testing, surveys, and app ratings, the primary objective of this patient perspective is to question the killer app and condition-specific mentality of current mental health app development. We do this by reviewing the current mobile mental health app literature, identifying ways in which psychiatric patients use apps in their lives, and then exploring how these issues are experienced by a software engineer who has struggled with her bipolar disorder for many years. Her lived experience combined with a technology perspective offers potential avenues for using technology productively in psychiatric treatment. We believe that this responds to JMIR Publications’ call for patient perspective papers and provides encouragement for patients to share their views on mental health and technology.

scholarly journals Mental Health Apps in Psychiatric Treatment: A Patient Perspective on Real World Technology Usage

10.2196/12292 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. e12292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil Chiauzzi ◽  
Amy Newell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Health Apps ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mobile Mental Health

For many people who use mobile apps, the primary motivations are entertainment, news, gaming, social connections, or productivity. For those experiencing health problems, particularly those with chronic conditions such as psychiatric disorders, the stakes are much higher. The digital tools that they select may be the difference between improvement and decompensation or even life and death. Although there has been a wide expansion of mental health apps with promise as well as hype, the current means of researching, evaluating, and deploying effective tools have been problematic. As a means of gaining a perspective that moves beyond usability testing, surveys, and app ratings, the primary objective of this patient perspective is to question the killer app and condition-specific mentality of current mental health app development. We do this by reviewing the current mobile mental health app literature, identifying ways in which psychiatric patients use apps in their lives, and then exploring how these issues are experienced by a software engineer who has struggled with her bipolar disorder for many years. Her lived experience combined with a technology perspective offers potential avenues for using technology productively in psychiatric treatment. We believe that this responds to JMIR Publications’ call for patient perspective papers and provides encouragement for patients to share their views on mental health and technology.

The neuroethical future of wearable and mobile health technology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karola V. Kreitmair ◽  
Mildred K. Cho
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Health ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
The Self ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Mobile Health Technology ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Mobile Mental Health ◽  
Privacy And Confidentiality

Wearable and mobile health technology is becoming increasingly pervasive, both in professional healthcare settings and with individual consumers. This chapter delineates the various functionalities of this technology and identifies its different purposes. It then addresses the ethical challenges that this pervasiveness poses in the areas of accuracy and reliability of the technology, privacy and confidentiality of data, consent, and the democratization of healthcare. It also looks at mobile mental health apps as a case study to elucidate the discussion of ethical issues. Finally, the chapter turns to the question of how this technology and the associated “quantification of the self” affect traditional modes of epistemic access to and phenomenological conceptions of the self.

scholarly journals Case Studies in the Culture of Professional Football Players and Mental Welfare and Wellbeing

2020 ◽  
pp. 325-329
Author(s):  
Michael Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractThis chapter draws on the author’s personal experience together with the findings from his qualitative research, to explore the cultural values driving problems of mental health and well-being among professional footballers. The study makes explicit the way in which players are expected to hide their experiences of being objectified—of being subject to gendered, racialised and other forms of dehumanisation—and denied a legitimate lived experience, an authentic heard voice. The chapter illustrates the importance in values-based practice of knowledge of values gained as in this instance by way of qualitative methods from the social sciences being used to fill out knowledge derived from individual personal experience.

Mobile Mental Health for Depression Assistance

2022 ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Jorge Magalhães Rodrigues ◽  
Frédéric Oliveira ◽  
Carolina Porto Ribeiro ◽  
Regina Camargo Santos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Medical Illness ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Mobile Mental Health ◽  
Effective Treatments

Depression is a prevalent and severe medical illness that negatively affects how people feel, think, and act, with estimates pointing towards more than 300 million suffering from depression worldwide. Although effective treatments exist, about 80% of people in low and middle-income countries do not receive therapy. Therefore, technology has become a promising tool to assist in reducing disparities. This study aims to identify and map the available evidence on mobile health applied to depression and clarify key concepts. The authors analyzed clinical trials developed over the last five years. EBSCO and PubMed were searched, and a total of 14 conducted RCTs were selected and reviewed. Despite some limitations regarding dropout rates and several ethical and safety concerns, the mobile mental health future seems promising.

scholarly journals Adolescents' Use of Digital Technologies and Preferences for Mobile Health Coaching in Public Mental Health Settings

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Aschbrenner ◽  
John A. Naslund ◽  
Elizabeth F. Tomlinson ◽  
Allison Kinney ◽  
Sarah I. Pratt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Health Coaching ◽  
Mental Health Settings

scholarly journals Exploring the experiences of mental health professionals engaged in the adoption of mobile health technology in Irish mental health services

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Melia ◽  
Luke Monahan ◽  
Jim Duggan ◽  
John Bogue ◽  
Mary O’Sullivan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mobile Health Technology

Abstract Background The World Health Organization report that an estimated 793,000 people died by suicide in 2016 globally. The use of digital technology has been found to be beneficial in the delivery of Web-based suicide prevention interventions. Research on the integration of digital technology within mental health services has indicated that despite the proliferation of technology, engagement by patients and professionals in adopting such technology can be poor. Objectives The current study aims to explore the experiences of 15 mental health professionals involved in integrating mobile health technology into their practice. A secondary aim was to identify the drivers and barriers to the adoption of such technology by mental health professionals, and to consider what theoretical models could best account for the data. Methods Semi-structured interviews, conducted from July to October 2019, were used to explore the experiences of mental health professionals engaged in the adoption of mobile health technology within mental health services. Mental Health professionals and clinician managers working in HSE Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Adult Mental Health, and Primary Care Psychology services were recruited for the study. Qualitative interview data was transcribed and analysed using NVivo. Thematic Analysis was used to identify themes. Results Four major themes were identified: Accessibility, ‘Transitional Object’, Integration, and Trust. Within these 4 major themes, a total of 9 subthemes were identified: Service Accessibility, Immediate Access, Client Engagement, Adjunct-to-therapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Infrastructural Support, Enhancing Treatment, Trust in the Technology, Trust in the Organisation. Conclusions Overall, Diffusion of Innovation Theory provides a useful theoretical framework which is consistent with and can adequately account for many of the Major and Subthemes identified in the data. In addition, ‘Transitional Objects’, a key concept within Object Relations Theory, could offer a means of better understanding how patients and professionals engage with digital technology within mental health services particularly.

scholarly journals Review of Mobile Health Technology for Military Mental Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 179 (8) ◽  
pp. 865-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay H. Shore ◽  
Matt Aldag ◽  
Francis L. McVeigh ◽  
Ronald L. Hoover ◽  
Robert Ciulla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Mobile Health Technology ◽  
Military Mental Health

scholarly journals Can Mobile Health Improve Depression Treatment Access and Adherence Among Rural Indian Women? A Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amritha Bhat ◽  
Ramakrishna Goud ◽  
Johnson Pradeep ◽  
Geetha Jayaram ◽  
Rajiv Radhakrishnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
South India ◽  
Depression Treatment ◽  
Treatment Access ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Mobile Mental Health

Introduction: Low rates of follow up with mental health treatments, and medication non-adherence are common among patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), more so in low-middle income countries (LMIC). While mobile mental health has the potential to address this problem in resource-poor settings, the feasibility and acceptability of its use in rural women is unknown. We aimed to explore barriers to access and adherence to mental health treatment, and the feasibility of using mobile health to address these barriers among women with MDD in rural south India. Methods: Six focus groups were conducted among women with MDD (n=69) seeking care at a rural community health center in South India. Discussion centered on barriers to mental health treatment access and adherence and attitudes toward use of technology in addressing these barriers. We transcribed the discussions and analyzed them using qualitative analysis software. Results: Reasons for non-adherence were: transcultural explanatory model of illness; structural, financial and social barriers to access, and medication side-effects. Women were unenthusiastic about mobile health solutions due to illiteracy, lack of family support, unfamiliarity with use of mobile devices, lack of access to mobile phones and preference for in-person clinical consultation. Conclusions: This qualitative study examines the acceptability of mobile-mental health as a strategy to address barriers to depression treatment access and adherence among women in a rural setting. There are several barriers to adoption of mobile mental health technology in LMIC. It is important to address these barriers before implementing mobile health based solutions.

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