Ecological Momentary Assessment and Other Digital Technologies for Capturing Daily Life in Mental Health

Simone Verhagen, Jim van Os, Philippe Delespaul

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Abstract

Improved mental health care requires innovative strategies that are person centered, embedded in context, and capable of capturing meaningful symptom occurrence and nonoccurrence in daily life. Vulnerability and resilience (strength) require equal attention. Traditional static assessments are insufficient to capture the dynamic variation required to understand how to develop well-being. mHealth digital technologies, such as Ecological Momentary Assessment strategies and passive sensor tracking provide attractive solutions. This chapter develops a personalized medicine using mHealth technology and evaluates its merit for mental health care. In the future, ecological momentary assessment and passive monitoring using sensors may blend to form more powerful care methods for use in mental health.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMental Health in a Digital World
EditorsDan Stein, Naomi Fineberg, Samuel Chamberlain
PublisherAcademic Press
Chapter5
Pages81-108
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9780128222027
ISBN (Print)9780128222010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Nov 2021

Publication series

SeriesGlobal Mental Health in Practice

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