The MONARCA Self-assessment System: Persuasive Personal Monitoring for Bipolar Patients

Mads Frost; Gabriela Marcu; Rene Hansen; Karoly Szaántó; Jakob Bardram

5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

The MONARCA Self-assessment System: Persuasive Personal Monitoring for Bipolar Patients

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246050,
    author={Mads Frost and Gabriela Marcu and Rene Hansen and Karoly Sza\^{a}nt\^{o} and Jakob Bardram},
    title={The MONARCA Self-assessment System: Persuasive Personal Monitoring for Bipolar Patients},
    proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2012},
    month={4},
    keywords={bipolar disorder mental illness management personal monitoring systems Android web portal self-assessment},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246050}
}

Mads Frost
Gabriela Marcu
Rene Hansen
Karoly Szaántó
Jakob Bardram
Year: 2012
The MONARCA Self-assessment System: Persuasive Personal Monitoring for Bipolar Patients
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246050

Mads Frost¹^,*, Gabriela Marcu², Rene Hansen¹, Karoly Szaántó¹, Jakob Bardram¹

1: IT University of Copenhagen
2: Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

*Contact email: madsf@itu.dk

Abstract

An increasing number of persuasive personal healthcare monitoring systems are being researched, designed and tested, many of them being based on Smartphone technology. These systems could help patients and clinicians monitor and manage mental illness. Mental illness is complex, difficult to treat, and carries social stigma. We describe our setup to support the treatment of bipolar patients using a persuasive mobile phone monitoring system and a web portal.

Keywords: bipolar disorder mental illness management personal monitoring systems Android web portal self-assessment

Published: 2012-04-17
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246050