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Designing behavioral self-regulation application for preventive personal mental healthcare

Most of computerized cognitive behavioral therapy targeted restoration and few have targeted primary prevention. The purpose of this study is to obtain the knowledge for further development on preventive mental healthcare application. We developed a personal mental healthcare application which aimed...

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Autores principales: Hirano, Mari, Ogura, Kanako, Kitahara, Mizuho, Sakamoto, Daisuke, Shimoyama, Haruhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28567301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102917707185
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Sumario:Most of computerized cognitive behavioral therapy targeted restoration and few have targeted primary prevention. The purpose of this study is to obtain the knowledge for further development on preventive mental healthcare application. We developed a personal mental healthcare application which aimed to give users the chance to manage their mental health by self-monitoring and regulating their behavior. Through the 30-day field trial, the results showed improvement of mood score through conducting of suggested action, and the depressive mood of the participants was significantly decreased after the trial. The possibility of application and further problem was confirmed.