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SCAARF: a subtle conditioning approach for anxiety relief facilitation
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Anxiety disorders are one of the most prevalent mental health
conditions, affecting more than 280 million people worldwide. This
paper presents a novel approach to assistive technologies for mental
health. In our approach, the paired combination of a wearable
device — in the form of a scarf — and an accompanying mobile
app, helps mitigate anxiety symptoms whenever they start to arise.
This approach differs from conventional ubiquitous technologies
developed for dealing with mental health, both in the role the
mobile app plays in the process and in the way the intervention
is delivered to users. SCAARF offers a more subtle, less obtrusive
method for coping with anxiety. We discuss the results of an initial
(three–week–long) evaluation of SCAARF with anxiety–suffering
users. Qualitative results suggest that the SCAARF mobile app is
effective in helping users relax and cope with anxious states of
mind.
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Anxiety disorders Mental health Assistive technologies Mobile Wearable Subliminal . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
Citation
Laís Lopes and Pedro Campos. 2019. SCAARF: A Subtle Conditioning Ap proach for Anxiety Relief Facilitation. In MUM 2019: 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2019), November 26–29, 2019, Pisa, Italy. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. https://doi.org/ 10.1145/3365610.3368417
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ACM