Using smartphones to monitor bipolar disorder symptoms: A pilot study

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Beiwinkel, Till ^a   Kindermann, Sallyvdipl Psych ^b   Maier, Andreas ^a   Kerl, Christopher ^a   Moock, Jörn ^a   Barbian, Guido ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a,c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Bipolar disorder; Communication patterns; Monitoring; Phase transitions; Sensor technology; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086739458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.4560     Document Type: Article

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