TY - GEN
T1 - In situ design for mental illness
T2 - 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2015
AU - Matthews, Mark
AU - Voida, Stephen
AU - Abdullah, Saeed
AU - Doherty, Gavin
AU - Choudhury, Tanzeem
AU - Im, Sangha
AU - Gay, Geri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 ACM.
PY - 2015/8/24
Y1 - 2015/8/24
N2 - In this paper, we argue that atypical cognitive, perceptual and behavioral characteristics associated with serious mental illnesses should be taken into consideration when designing health technologies. While applications have been developed to assist in the treatment of these illnesses, the specific psychological characteristics of these disorders have rarely been considered extensively in the design process. Here, we explore how an understanding of the lowlevel characteristics of bipolar disorder, combined with a clinically-validated treatment and patients' lived experience, can inform mHealth design. We present a novel method - in situ design - To support ecologically valid design, and demonstrate its use through the co-development with 9 individuals with bipolar disorder of MoodRhythm, a mobile application designed to track and stabilize daily routines. We provide evidence that mHealth design elements tailored to the characteristics and needs of individuals with bipolar disorder can result in engaging interactions.
AB - In this paper, we argue that atypical cognitive, perceptual and behavioral characteristics associated with serious mental illnesses should be taken into consideration when designing health technologies. While applications have been developed to assist in the treatment of these illnesses, the specific psychological characteristics of these disorders have rarely been considered extensively in the design process. Here, we explore how an understanding of the lowlevel characteristics of bipolar disorder, combined with a clinically-validated treatment and patients' lived experience, can inform mHealth design. We present a novel method - in situ design - To support ecologically valid design, and demonstrate its use through the co-development with 9 individuals with bipolar disorder of MoodRhythm, a mobile application designed to track and stabilize daily routines. We provide evidence that mHealth design elements tailored to the characteristics and needs of individuals with bipolar disorder can result in engaging interactions.
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U2 - 10.1145/2785830.2785866
DO - 10.1145/2785830.2785866
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84959374403
T3 - MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
SP - 86
EP - 97
BT - MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 24 August 2015 through 27 August 2015
ER -
