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Depression is a severe mood disorder that is frequent in the population and can negatively affect several aspects of life. This article summarizes the essential facts about depression, like frequent symptoms, risks, and treatment methods. Based on cognitive therapy, we propose an application that allows users to cope with depression, by activity planner and thought reliever. Both methods allow users to maintain an overview of their cognitive processes and subsequently potentially decrease the severity of their depressive symptoms.
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This research has been supported by research the project RCI (reg. no. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000765) supported by EU.
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Novák, L., Macík, M., Mannová, B. (2024). Coping with Depression. In: Bramwell-Dicks, A., Evans, A., Winckler, M., Petrie, H., Abdelnour-Nocera, J. (eds) Design for Equality and Justice. INTERACT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14535. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61688-4_14
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