Smartphone App May Help Older Adults Manage Serious Mental Illness and
  Chronic Health Conditions
From: Medical Design Technology - 08/16/2017

A new study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry describes the
successful adaptation of an integrated medical and psychiatric
self-management intervention to a smartphone application for middle-aged and
older adults with serious mental illness.

Researchers from Dartmouth developed a smartphone-based intervention using an
adaptive systems engineering framework and principles of user-centered
design. They found that even patients with limited technical abilities could
use this App successfully. The App and intervention protocol were developed
using commercially available products from Wellframe.

The App takes patients through 10 sessions over a period of approximately
three months, covering topics such as stress vulnerability and illness,
medication adherence and strategies, and substance and medication abuse.
Physicians can remotely monitor App use, and intervene when problems are
detected, facilitating telemedicine for less accessible populations.

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https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/08/smartphone-app-may-help-older-adults-manage-serious-mental-illness-and-chronic-health-conditions

Links:
Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging
https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/cfm/research/aging

Aging Resource Center
http://tdi.dartmouth.edu/research/intervention/aging-resource-center