This document discusses the potential for quantified self technologies to improve mental health. It begins with definitions of quantified self and an overview of the prevalence of mental illness. Sections then discuss specific apps that can be used for mental health tracking, issues around data reliability and patient empowerment, and security and responsibility considerations. The discussion section raises points about the role of quantified self in psychiatry and perspectives on its future use. Overall, the document examines both benefits and risks of using self-tracking for insight into mental health and changing behaviors.

1. BOBCATSSS2017
Quantified
How can
Quantified Self
Improve
Mental health?
Mind

2. Who are we?
South KoreaSpain The Netherlands
Information & Innovation

3. INDEX
01
02
03
Quantified Self
Mental Health
Tracking Body
Apps: Benefits & Risks
Reliability & Patient
Empowerment
Security & Responsibility
Discussion
Future of Quantified Self

4. International Experts
Deborah Lupton
Tamar Sharon
Andrea Gaggioli Hilbrand Oldenhuis
Candid Wüest Nivedit MajumdarLuc Rocher

5. 01 What is Quantified
Self?
"Any Individual engaged in
the
Self-Tracking of any kind of
biological, physical,
behavioral or environmental
information"
(Melanie Swan,
2014)

6. 01 What is Quantified
Self?

7. 01 Mental Health
Crucial to Individuals, Societies and
Countries
Mental
Illness
Depressio
n

8. 01 Group Activity: What can be
tracked?
Write on the
Body
1. What can be tracked physically
2. What can be tracked
mentally
3. Circle it if you are already
tracking it!

9. Calories
Water
Alcohol/Nicotine/Caffe
ine
Drugs/Medicine
Sports activity
Travel
Body PH
Menstruation/Pregnan
cy
Heart rate
Blood pressure
Blood sugar/Glucose
Temperature/ Weight
Location
Altitude
Time
Pains
Allergies
Progress chronic di-
seases
Mood
Sleep
Stress levels
Online Use/ SNS
Calls/ Texts

10. 02 Apps:
Gyroscope
Pros
Cons
Track Everything
Great Insights
Potential Brech of Privacy

11. 02 Apps: Pacifica
Pros
Cons
Insight in Mental Health
Activities to improve your mental health
Track for a longer time and more data
Privacy Regulations
Misusing data

12. 02 Apps: Stress
Check
Pros
Cons
Knowing Behavioral Pattern
Data Reliability
Privacy
Prevent possible Illness

13. 02 Data Reliability
Shortcoming of
Soft/Hardware Data
Reliability
Problem Misinterpretation
Lack of
Knowledge
Misleadin
g
Diagnosis

14. 02 Patient Empowerment
• Causing and estimation
• Professionals vs Quantified Self
• Responsibility
• Self-Care

15. 02 Security &
Responsibility
• Self-trackers
• Government
• Builders
• EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

16. 02 Benefits vs.
Risks
Benefits Risks
Reducing Costs
Insight in Health
Changing Behaviors
Devices &
Data Collection
Misusing Data
Shortcoming of
Hardware & Software

17. 03 Discussion
Quantified Self will take a role of
psychiatrist.
Agree? Disagree?

18. 03 Discussion
I’m happy to know what mental
diseases
I will get in next 10 years.
Agree? Disagree?

19. 03 Discussion
I can see myself using
Quantified Self for mental health in
the future.
Agree? Disagree?

20. 03 Future and Innovation
• Growing
• Accurate & Secure Data
• Guidelines & Knowledge
• Medical World
• Technology

21. Any
Questions?