Ubiquitous Context Aware Monitoring Systems in Psychiatric and Mental Care: Challenges and Issues of Real Life Deployments

Abstract

In this paper we introduce two real-world examples of successful deployments of ubiquitous monitoring technology in mental care: one related to monitoring elderly dementia patients at a nursing home and one to the diagnosis of manic and depressive episodes in bipolar disorder patients. We will elaborate the most relevant challenges that had to be dealt with and introduce the solutions that helped us to overcome them.