Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Teenagers Mental Health
Posted by MattE on 26 Mar 2009 at 01:04 pm | Tagged as: Communications, consumer engagement, SMS
Here is a great use of interaction using mobile phones in the health sector.
A program that uses mobile phones to track the mental health of young people suffering depression will be evaluated through funding from the Telstra Foundation to see if it is suitable to treat youth depression nationwide. Cellular News reports.
“Following the successful world-first pilot of mobiletype developed by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute MCRI, the Telstra Foundation has committed a Social Innovation Grant worth $285,000 over two years as part of its ongoing community investment commitment.
The mobiletype pilot assisted doctors to help treat 14 to 24-year-olds with mental health concerns through the use of mobile phones. The program monitored each young person’s mood, stress levels, coping strategies, alcohol and cannabis use, exercise, eating patterns and general lifestyle factors.
Participants answered the mobiletype program questions on a programmed mobile asking them about how they were feeling. The responses were sent to a website interface which evaluated and assessed each patient’s mental well-being and produced an individual report for the doctor to help them determine what treatment was required.”
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