Abstract-Bipolar Disorder is a severe form of mental illness. It is characterized by alternated episodes of mania and depression, and it is treated typically with a combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Recognizing early warning signs of upcoming phases of mania or depression would be of great help for a personalized medical treatment. Unfortunately, this is a difficult task to be performed for both patient and doctors. In this paper we present the MONARCA wearable system, which is meant for recognizing early warning signs and predict maniac or depressive episodes. The system is a smartphone-centred and minimally invasive wearable sensors network that is being developing in the framework of the MONARCA European project.
MONARCA wearable system REF aims to recognize the early warning signs of manic and depressive episodes to predict and prevent the occurrence, and to adjust the treatment.
Smartphone-centred wearable sensors network for monitoring patients with bipolar disorder
2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Computer Science Medicine