A framework for wireless monitoring of mental health conditions.
Mental health management is fast becoming a major challenge worldwide as the incidence of mental illness has been increasing. It is affecting the quality of life as well as job productivity for a large number of people. Just like physical illnesses, people with mental illnesses can be monitored for a range of conditions and provided medical care as and when necessary. In this paper, we present an IT-enabled framework to support mental health monitoring. This includes comprehensive monitoring of patients for symptoms, behavior, and medication compliance. We utilize context-awareness as a way to develop a system for mental health monitoring. Several examples of future mental health monitoring are also presented.
Varshney
Upkar
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CIS Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4015, USA. uvarshney@gsu.edu
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008603:Mental Health; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*