About
Mental health is a taboo, a stigma. It is an abstract state of mind. When a person's physical heath is affected it is possible to identify the problem and cure it. But it’s not as easy with mental health issues. People today find it difficult to talk about. Cases have reached a level where it has become impossible to cure.
Personal Motive
After gathering a lot of courage I attempted to tackle mild clinical depression as not only is a serious global issue but also having personally suffered in the past I have experienced the complete cycle from mild symptoms to a therapy session. My interest in human psychology , behaviour and mindset played a big role.
Direction
The research broadly started off as mental health. Personally knowing the benefits of seeking professional help I wished to bring awareness and instil hope in people. So I chose to go in the direction of early detection of symptoms for Mild Clinical depression.
Challenge
How might we help people acknowledge the signals of depression to accept the situation and approach people they trust to talk about it?
Research snippets
Shaping the vision involved extensive amounts of desk research, workshops, exchanges and user interviews. It was super interesting to get opinions of professionals from different fields to understand the potential, challenges, risks, solutions around the subject.
In the hope for a better future
Use data - with consent and for a cause
The idea is to use existing technologies from Apple and exploit the potential of their coherent ecosystem to find ways of detecting early symptoms of depression using digital biomarkers. Apple’s data privacy, advanced health app, user base, research app and the coherent ecosystem make a promising base to start with.
I started doodling initial ideas for features that could be integrated in the iOS Health app used on the phone and smart watch.
Aligned with Apple’s vision
Although there are many hurdles in turning this vision to reality it is exciting to see Apple already taking the first step . This also motivates me to continue working on the subject and push it further.
My thesis research is purely done for educational purposes and is not associated with Apple.
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