Engineer This!: Improving mental health through mobile technology (featuring Dr. Farzan Sasangohar)

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English - September 29, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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A team, led by Dr. Farzan Sasangohar of the Wm Michael Barnes ‘64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is seeking to develop technological solutions to improve the mental health of veterans, college students, health care workers and more. The Mental Health Evaluation and Lookout pilot program — also known as mHELP — combines commercial smartwatches with advanced machine learning and a wide range of sensors to detect signs and symptoms of high anxiety and direct the user to mental health and self-care resources.