Posts Tagged ‘smartphone’
Mindstrong Health identifies digital biomarkers of cognitive function using smartphone data
___ mHealth Research on Mental Health Taps Into One’s Tapping Habits (mHealth Intelligence): “Healthcare providers looking to use mHealth in behavioral health treatment have long struggled to make the technology unobtrusive. But recent research suggests that remote monitoring of people with mental health issues could be done by analyzing their smartphone habits. A recent report…
Read MoreMental Health Innovation and Dr. Tom Insel: from the NIMH to Google/ Verily Life Sciences to Startup Mindstrong
— Former Alphabet exec is working on an idea to detect mental health disorders by how you type on your phone (CNBC): “Can a smartphone detect whether a user is suicidal or depressed? That’s the promise of an exploding number of mental health entrepreneurs, who are exploring opportunities to monitor users’ smartphone behavior to detect…
Read MoreNext: Technology to enable patient-centered, collaborative behavioral health and chronic care management
. Tech Is Driving Collaboration In Behavioral Health (TechCrunch): “Collaboration amongst providers is critical in all aspects of medicine, but nowhere is this more true than in behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorders), where the costs of poor collaboration are sky-high…There is a mountain of evidence to suggest that
Read MoreMobile cognitive therapies gain traction as first-line mental health intervention
Mental health apps let you access therapy from your smartphone (New Scientist): “Lie down anywhere that suits: the world is now your therapist’s couch. A wide range of apps now deliver mental-health care straight to your smartphone. With PTSD Coach, users can discreetly screen themselves and learn more about the disorder. Moodnotes keeps track of
Read MoreUnclear yet if it works, but here comes Thync–the first mainstream, consumer-focused brain stimulation device
. Hands-On With Thync’s Mood-Altering Headset (Techcrunch): “Thync is launching its mood-altering headset today, letting you find a state of calm or boost your energy with controls on your smartphone. …Once you begin, you can dial the intensity of the experience up or down
Read MoreOpen question: Can coffee & Ritalin’s mental effects be delivered, safely, over a smartphone?
. Will 2015 be the year our smartphones link up to our brains? (Popular Science): “Thync bills itself first and foremost as a neuroscience company. Its sole product—slated for release later this year—is a smartphone-controlled wearable device that will allow the user to actively alter his or her brain’s electrical state through transcranial direct current…
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