Conference
Off the couch and out of the hospital, mobile applications for acceptance and commitment therapy
Abstract
This paper describes the research and concept development process involved in designing a mobile app for depressed youth learning to practice mindfulness based psychotherapy entitled Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) program at Trillium Healthcare Centre in Toronto. Our process involved identifying aspects of preexisting mobile applications for mindfulness that may be discouraging for youth with depression and devising strategies to …
Authors
Verstappen M; Gardner P; Poon D; Bettridge T
Pagination
pp. 431-434
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publication Date
September 23, 2014
DOI
10.1145/2628363.2633573
Name of conference
Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services