Smartphones May Hold The Key to Mental Health Diagnosis
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Mental health professionals
are seeing an uptick in social media-driven self-diagnoses among teens and
young adults self-identifying conditions like ADHD, OCD, dissociative identity
disorder autism and Tourette syndrome. Behavidence uses
data science and healthcare analysis to better predict and track mental health
needs of patients right from their smartphone.
According to the Centers
for Disease Control, there are 3.3 million adolescents between 12 and 17 years
old living with clinical ADHD. Behavidence can make a difference for
adolescents trying to better understand their mental health needs, and parents
need not worry that TikTok health influencers are part of the diagnostic
process.
The Behavidence App takes
advantage of modern consumer technology to find a more affordable, accurate way
of diagnosing ADHD flare. Most adolescents living with ADHD have access to
mobile phones, regardless of socioeconomic status. The digital phenotyping app
is trained to detect the patient’s digital behaviors using data such as usage
frequency, typing speed, active conversation and the amount of switching
between different apps.
Taking this information,
the app then uses machine learning and algorithms to define a specific digital
phenotype to understand each user’s behaviors that can then be linked to ADHD
or not. The always-on view ensures patients get updates on their mental health
conditions without expensive visits to the clinic. Behavidence also
passively collects the behavioral data, making the diagnosis even more exact
versus only using self-reported symptoms. The information is unbiased and
accurate with a recall accuracy of 76 to 92 percent.
For more
information, visit Behavidence.com.
