Help4Mood

A Computational Distributed System to Support nthe Treatment of Patients with Major Depression

Coordinatore	THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH    more  Organization address address: Roxburgh Street 1 city: Edinburgh postcode: EH8 9TA contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Angela Cognome: Noble Email: send email Telefono: +44 131 650 9024 Fax: +44 131 651 4028
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	3˙599˙074 €
EC contributo	2˙819˙993 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2009-4
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-01-01   -   2014-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  Organization address address: Roxburgh Street 1 city: Edinburgh postcode: EH8 9TA contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Angela Cognome: Noble Email: send email Telefono: +44 131 650 9024 Fax: +44 131 651 4028	UK (Edinburgh)	coordinator	0.00
2	FUNDACIO PRIVADA I2CAT, INTERNET I INNOVACIO DIGITAL A CATALUNYA  Organization address address: CALLE GRAN CAPITA 2-4, EDIFICI NEXUS I city: BARCELONA postcode: 8034 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Josep M Cognome: Colome Email: send email Telefono: +34 935532514 Fax: +34 935532520	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	0.00
3	FVA SAS DI LOUIS FERRINI & C  Organization address address: VIA GINO FUNAIOLI 45 city: ROMA postcode: 151 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Susanna Cognome: Albertini Email: send email Telefono: +39 066536958	IT (ROMA)	participant	0.00
4	HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Riccarton city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH14 4AS contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Eva Cognome: Olszewska-Day Email: send email Telefono: +44 1314513073 Fax: +44 1314513193	UK (EDINBURGH)	participant	0.00
5	OBS Medical Ltd  Organization address address: Brook House Milton Park 174 city: Abingdon postcode: OX14 4SE contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Leyland Email: send email Telefono: +44 1235 432050	UK (Abingdon)	participant	0.00
6	T+ MEDICAL LIMITED  Organization address address: MILTON PARK 174E city: ABINGDON postcode: OX14 4SE contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Crispin Cognome: Quail Email: send email Telefono: +44 1235432071	UK (ABINGDON)	participant	0.00
7	THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN  Organization address address: KING'S COLLEGE REGENT WALK city: ABERDEEN postcode: AB24 3FX contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Kerry Cognome: Kidd Email: send email Telefono: +44 1224 272 663 Fax: +44 1224 272 318	UK (ABERDEEN)	participant	0.00
8	UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA  Organization address address: CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 city: BARCELONA postcode: 8034 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Valentí Cognome: Guasch Email: send email Telefono: +34 934010799 Fax: +34 934011794	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	0.00
9	UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA  Organization address address: CAMINO DE VERA S/N city: VALENCIA postcode: 46022 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: José Antonio Cognome: Perez García Email: send email Telefono: +34 963877409 Fax: +34 963877949	ES (VALENCIA)	participant	0.00
10	UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI  Organization address address: MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU 1 city: CLUJ NAPOCA postcode: 3400 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Aurora Cognome: Szentagotai Tatar Email: send email Telefono: 40740249694 Fax: 40264434141	RO (CLUJ NAPOCA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Depression is one of the most common causes of short and long term disability in Europe. It accounts for substantial costs both directly to health services and indirectly through lost productivity and the burden of caring. Most patients with Major Depression (MD) recover with treatment, which may be with antidepressant drugs, psychological therapy or, in severe cases, hospitalisation. However for many, that recovery is either slow or incomplete. Research shows that psychological therapies can be delivered effectively without face to face contact: computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) is suitable for self-guided treatment in the individual's own home. However, its value for patients is limited by the difficulty of staying engaged, and there are professional concerns that important changes in mood may be missed. Help4Mood proposes to significantly advance the state-of-the-art in computerized support for people with MD by monitoring mood, thoughts, physical activity and voice characteristics, prompting adherence to CCBT, and promoting behaviours in response to monitored inputs. These advances will be delivered through a Virtual Agent (VA) which can interact with the patient through a combination of enriched prompts, dialogue, body movements and facial expressions. Monitoring will combine existing (movement sensor, psychological ratings) and novel (voice analysis) technologies, as inputs to a pattern recognition based decision support system for treatment management. The advances in Help4Mood will provide a closed loop approach to treatment support for MD patients. Outputs include: a validated personal monitoring system; a personal interaction system embodied in a VA and a clinical decision support module. By identifying and supporting patients with delayed recovery, Help4Mood has the potential to target added support for patients most in need and lead to their earlier return to normal health and social and economic activity.