What is it about?
Researchers have developed tools for remote mental health support, but most focus on clinician-patient interactions. Everyday communication channels like phone calls and social media offer low-cost, accessible support between peers. This study explores AlarmCare, a new tool using peer-created alarms for daily mental health support.
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Why is it important?
This study explored how mobile alarms can serve as a supportive communication channel between peers, revealing that they elicit various positive emotions and can help reduce depressive emotions. The findings suggest that mobile alarms, a commonly used application, could be developed into a targeted mental health support tool integrated into daily life.
Perspectives
It also demonstrated to us the importance of social support in preventing mental health disorders such as depression and the low-cost, high-quality emotional assistance of digital system like alarm used in this study.
Seongsoo Kim
Chungnam National University
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This page is a summary of: AlarmCare: Exploring Mobile Alarm as a Supportive Communication Channel Between Peers, October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3675094.3677594.
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