Mobile technologies like smartphones offer novel tools to track mood and signs of depression. There are hundreds of mood trackers commercially available – yet what do we really know about the mobile mental health data they produce? Are self reported mood symptoms collected in real time equivalent to a standard in person screening exam for depression? Understanding the basics about mobile mental health data, such as how it correlates to more traditional clinical data is the important first step in creating a scientific, evidence based, and clinical approach to mobile mental health tools.
Read the full research study at http://mental.jmir.org/2015/1/e8/ …
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