This Mental Health App Could Change How We Understand and Treat Schizophrenia

John Torous and his team of clinicians, data scientists and app developers don’t look like your usual research team. But out-of-the-box thinking, as he explains, might be exactly what’s needed to find digital markers that can help take on some of the biggest challenges in schizophrenia research.

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When I was training in psychiatry, it was always tricky seeing patients in the emergency department. We would try to understand their situation as quickly as we could, but you are often working to make the best decision with limited information.

 

Then one day a patient came in and it sounded like something very bad had happened in a personal relationship. The patient agreed to let us read their text messages and immediately it was very clear what was happening.

 

It was an eye-opening moment for me – to see how much information phones may hold to help guide mental health treatment, especially in schizophrenia.

 

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