Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Location: Barn 2
Title: The
Application of mHealth to Mental Health: Opportunities and Challenges
Biography:
Lisa Marzano is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology
at Middlesex University, specialising in suicide and mental health
research. She currently leads the QUEST
study (http://www.thequeststudy.org/), a project commissioned by Samaritans to inform new approaches to
suicide prevention; the INSIGHT collaboration (http://insight.mdx.ac.uk/), which is concerned with the application of
technological innovations to mental health research and clinical practice; and
research with colleagues at the Glasgow University Suicidal Behaviour Research
Lab investigating public attitudes towards self-injury. Further areas of
interest include suicide in prisons, gatekeeper training for emergency
services, and portrayal of suicidal behaviour in traditional and ‘new’ media.
Abstract:
Smartphones and other wearable digital
technologies are increasingly able to gather real-time behavioural,
physiological, and psychosocial data in relatively precise and unobtrusive
ways. This includes information about people’s moods, cognitions and
activities, as well as automated data about their whereabouts, behaviour and
physiological states (including GPS location, physical activity, sleep, heart
rate and heart rate variability).
Drawing on recent and
ongoing research, I will discuss the potential of mobile health applications (‘mHealth apps’) and self-tracking devices, both
as data gathering tools in mental health research, and potential adjuncts to
traditional intervention methods (e.g. for personalised mood monitoring and
bio-feedback mechanisms). The potential risks and key challenges associated
with applying mHealth to mental
health will also be discussed.
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