Η ψυχοtreatment στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα θα μπορούσε να είναι το επόμενο μεγάλο βήμα στον τομέα της managementof mental health. The development of a new internet tool called CyberMate by the University of Sydney, it seems that it is precisely that.
According to the university, the team behind the CyberMate project is trying to adapt monitoring techniques used by marketing analysts, along with digital social media data to support interventions for young people suffering from depression and other mental health issues.
Researchers working on the project aim to design algorithms that will give the online tool the ability to control a young person's social networking pages, such as Facebook or Twitter, by "reading" and analyzing comments that may indicate the potential for self-harm.
CyberMate will then act as a psychotherapist and "talk" to young people, offering options for help or support via email or SMS.
The project, led by Associate Professor Rafael Calvo of the university's School of Engineering and Information Technology, and Professor Ian Hickie of Brain and Mind Research Institute, will receive approximately A$380,000 in funding and will partner with the Inspire Foundation to create CyberMate.
The university describes CyberMate as a “new automated psychological intervention based on data collected from social networks, personal diaries, processing natural language, as well as machine learning techniques.”
