Principal Investigator Richard Fletcher
Mobile phones are powerful tools that can deliver therapeutic content and enable connection to our support network. We are exploring ways that these Mobile Health platforms can be used therapeutically to deliver health interventions. Phones can be used as a vehicle for cognitive behavioral therapy or as an adjunct to clinical therapy and psychopharmacological treatments.This work exists on multiple-levels:
(*) Psychophysiology and Neuroscience -- Collaboration with neuroscientists and psychiatrists, working with both animal models and humans, to better understand the neurological and psychophysiological underpinnings of addiction and pathological behaviors.
(*) Behavioral Monitoring -- Using sensors that enable ambulatory measurement of autonomic nervous system activity (SNS/PNS), we can investigate mental health disorders and co-morbidities, including substance abuse, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, and depression in particular. My work also includes studies with homeless populations and military veterans.
(*) Technological Interventions -- Designing software platforms that provide a range of mobile tools, ranging from simple text messages to multimedia videos that can be administered via the web and delivered via mobile phones.