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- 1. Appspirin Managing student mental health Jung-Wei Chen Molly Robison Steve Weber, Advisor
- 3. Problem
- 4. Inspiration Depression & Intertemporal choice
- 5. Problem Counseling Underuse Overuse Most Days Finals Week
- 6. Problem Mental Health Stigma “Now, let's see what your problem is...” “Try some pills and see which ones won't turn you into an addict.” “Just shut up and deal with it.”
- 7. Our goal Problem: Mental health care is serious and scary Solution: Make it as simple as taking an aspirin
- 8. Evolution
- 9. Evolution Scope 1: Get more people into counseling - Streamline appointment process - Improve Tang Center resources
- 10. Tang Center
- 11. Tang Center
- 12. Tang Center
- 13. Tang Center
- 14. Evolution Scope 2: Surprise! You have mental health! - Increase awareness - Break down barriers to seeking help
- 15. Evolution Final Scope: Stress tracking and stress-reduction techniques - Check-in with stress levels - Suggests strategies
- 16. Findings
- 17. Findings People are concerned about overmedication - Don't want to become dependent - Dislike idea of drugs
- 18. Findings People use entertainment to de- stress - Watching videos , etc - Different people have different coping methods - Not very beneficial, but…
- 19. Findings People have mixed feelings about therapy - Would support someone they knew in therapy - Reluctant to let others know if they personally had therapy
- 21. Findings People aren’t sure what therapy entails - “There's lots of talking?” - “I guess they help you solve your problems.”
- 22. Findings People value mental health
- 23. Future
- 24. Future work Build out the app - Actual phone app, not web-based - Fully-functional, all features - Scalable for large populations
- 25. Future work Extend to other universities - For now focus on college; may extend to high school
- 26. Future work Frequent updates: keep users coming back - Reduce churn rate (retain users) - Add new content such as strategies, information/resources
- 27. Future Work Easing in and graduating users - Start with familiar activities - Suggest more therapeutic strategies - Help users make these decisions on their own
- 28. Future work Pilot test Have a group of students use app for at least a month, then gather results of how well it actually works
- 29. Future work Context Awareness & Wearables - Catch you on the way down - Warn you in precarious situations
- 30. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- Kayu
- Molly
- Applied Behavioral Economics Intertemporal choice: trade off between costs and benefits at different points in time Ice cream example
- You can’t even make a recurring appointment in May
- Intimidating therapists All therapists do is give you drugs Student stress is normal – self-stigma
- "people think that counseling/mental health is all or nothing, we want to show that you can be in the middle"
- Kayu
- -something to do with mental health (depression, etc.), inspired by ABE class -at first thinking about improving on existing resources (Tang Center) -did some initial usability tests of existing Tang Center website -many students found it difficult to use the site/process; confusing, not easy to get to -Tang Center has a lot of information/resources available, but it’s often hidden through tons of submenus -not very easy to find what you need right away -oftentimes students expressed frustration or wanting to just give up before finding what they needed
- Quick link to portal is hard to find
- Portal is outdated and confusing; go through lots of hoops before you can actually make an appointment
- Lots of menus/submenus
- Useful information, but just a series of links to other places
- -after interviewing some people, and interviewing Dr. Heeter (expert interview), we had our ‘ah ha’ moment -we take aspirin for a headache (physical health), so why can’t we do the same for mental health? -also to instill the idea that mental health exists in everybody, we have it alongside mental health
- -focuses more on the idea of maintaining and being aware of one’s mental state -track stress over time, give suggestions to lower it/maintain good mental state -the first scope shifted into the second, still ultimately about giving students access to tools, but with a different angle -this approach is to help them to realize that taking care of their mental health is just as important as physical health -final prototype built around tracking and managing stress, with the app suggesting appropriate strategies based on stress levels (and over time)
- Molly
- Something that people already do, so this will get them used to
- Kayu - Being stressed out is expected - You should just be able to power through
- (Still Kayu)
- -build actual app (not just mobile-friendly website) -finish account/login system to be able to track user activity -add in more strategies, customizing options
- Molly
- Healthkit – galvanic skin response linked to stress/anxiety