- A research study has suggested that your laptop can detect humor changes.
- This would allow the prediction of mood data, which will help to counteract the advice.
- It could be huge to help control the symptoms of mental health conditions.
We have seen that the best smart watches can track everything about your physical health, from the detection of sleep apnea to predict your best marathon times, but the next border could be predicted your mental health.
The research published in the Nature magazine last year takes advantage of the power of an smart watch and the data it collects to map manic and depressive episodes in patients with mood disorders, according to sleep-vigilia data. Because stress and mood can have an effect on circadian rhythms, the study raised the hypothesis that it is possible to predict the next ‘humor episodes’.
“Interruptions in sleep and activity patterns have been observed in individuals diagnosed with mood disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD),” explains the introduction of the study.
“To obtain a deeper understanding of these patterns related to mood, smart phones and portable devices, such as accelerometers, global positioning systems sensors (GPS) and light sensors, have been used to collect data from data from Non -invasive and passive way within the realization of people in the fact of people.
“This approach allows a long -term objective evaluation of the physiological and behavioral state of a patient, providing a valuable complement to conventional psychiatric evaluations that depend on the subjective memory of patients through scales or clinical interviews.”
Great impact on mental well -being
According to the study, this could make a big difference for anyone suffering from a mental health condition, and not just a major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder.
When tracking this data and mapping it for a prolonged period, smart watches could offer coping strategies to a large number of people with mental health problems, from permanent diagnoses such as bipolar disorder to temporary episodes such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Stop signs that can contribute to a higher risk of depression, such as later bedtime and varied daytime structures, could help users develop coping mechanisms to manage or minimize their symptoms.
