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Remote Anger Management Support using Mobile Technology - An Android Phone Application for persons with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Authors:
Sonja Schmer-Galunder
Peter Keller
Peggy Wu
Nina Sayer

Keywords: Mobile Mental Health Application, Biofeedback, PTSD, Remote Monitoring, Cognitive Control of Emotions, Anger Management Therapy, Virtual Avatars.

Abstract:
Continuous Anger Level Monitoring (CALM) is a prototype for Android smartphones addressing the needs of persons with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or emotion/impulse‬ control problems. The application combines‬ physiological monitoring and evidence-based group psychotherapy (Anger Management Therapy, developed by O’Reilly and Shopshire). CALM allows the recording of highly emotional and stressful events and helps to identify malfunctioning behaviors and patterns by creating awareness around one's own behaviors, triggers and coping strategies.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ The application integrates with the Zephyr BioHarness BT belt to allow for continues physiological monitoring, biofeedback and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) breathing exercises.

Pages: 61 to 66

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: November 17, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-312-4

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 17, 2013 to November 21, 2013