A Smartphone-Based Self-management Intervention for Bipolar Disorder (LiveWell): User-Centered Development Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that results in significant morbidity and mortality. Pharmacotherapy is the primary treatment for bipolar disorder; however, adjunctive psychotherapy can help individuals use self-management strategies to improve outcomes. Yet access to this therapy is limited. Smartphones and other technologies have the potential to increase access to therapeutic strategies that enhance self-management while simultaneously providing real-time user feedback and provider alerts to augment care.

Objective

This paper describes the user-centered development of LiveWell, a smartphone-based self-management intervention for bipolar disorder, to contribute to and support the ongoing improvement and dissemination of technology-based mental healt

SUBMITTER: Jonathan GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8076988 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature