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Off the couch and out of the hospital, mobile applications for acceptance and commitment therapy

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Marjan Verstappen,

Paula Gardner,

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MobileHCI '14: Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services

Pages 431 - 434

https://doi.org/10.1145/2628363.2633573

Published: 23 September 2014 Publication History

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This paper describes the research and concept development process involved in designing a mobile app for depressed youth learning to practice mindfulness based psychotherapy entitled Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) program at Trillium Healthcare Centre in Toronto. Our process involved identifying aspects of preexisting mobile applications for mindfulness that may be discouraging for youth with depression and devising strategies to overcome these negative messages within the ACT Application. We propose to present a working prototype of mobile application at the Mobile HCI conference.

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MobileHCI '14: Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services

September 2014

664 pages

ISBN:9781450330046

DOI:10.1145/2628363

Conference Chairs:
Aaron Quigley
University of St. Andrews, UK
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Sara Diamond
OCAD University, Canada
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University of Manitoba, Canada
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University of Bristol, UK

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