22. MY SMARTPHONE CAN DO WHAT?! MOBILE HEALTH AND THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTHCARE

Abstract

Mobile technologies are helping redefine how we study, assess, and treat psychiatric illnesses. Mobile health (mHealth) approaches enable us to bring cutting edge treatments out of the clinics and research centers and into the hands of people with schizophrenia. Dr. Ben-Zeev will provide an overview of the most recent advancements in the field of mHealth for schizophrenia and examine how mobile devices and telecommunication infrastructure can be harnessed to support illness detection, prevention, and care in outpatient and inpatient settings. He will present findings from several studies which involve the use of both cutting edge technologies (e.g., multi-modal smartphone sensing for psychotic relapse detection, audio and video intervention apps for illness management) as well as novel uses of existing but simpler technologies (e.g. texting between case managers and patients) in an effort to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Ben-Zeev will describe the lessons his team has learned from conducting multiple mHealth initiatives with complex patients in real-world settings. He will outline his vision for effective, realistic, and sustainable mHealth for mental health in the years ahead.