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Latest news, views and reviews about the work of the AffecTech consortium, a unique international research project advancing state-of-the-art research into personal health technologies for affective disorders.

Healthy Minds through Smart Technologies – video
Katherina Martin Abello, Head of Smart Technologies and M20 Architecture, at AffecTech project partner Philips, presents her industry webinar Healthy Minds through Smart Technologies - talking about the present and future of eMentalHealth. Katherina's...

Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in design work for mental health applications
AffecTech workshop with UK’s NHS in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden A special AffecTech outreach event involving patient ambassadors, explored innovative Soma wearables technologies. The AffecTech Patient and Public Engagement...

Wearables tech for mental health featured at leading HCI design conference
AffecTech's work on personal technologies for mental health has been in the spotlight at DIS 2020 AffecTech was pleased to have a major presence at DIS 2020, the leading ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems. The theme for DIS 2020, the international,...

Mental Wellbeing Workshop: Future Agenda Drawing from Design, HCI and Big Data
Submissions invited to take part in a unique AffecTech workshop for HCI design & research for mental health Help shape the future of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) design and research for mental wellbeing at a free AffecTech Workshop to be held online,...

Small Steps to Self–compassion
By AffecTech researcher Dionne Bowie In difficult times, it is important to be understanding and kind to ourselves and others. This is self–compassion. It involves: Mindfulness: Being aware of negative thoughts and emotions. Observing these openly and without...

Enhance your positive emotions
THREE TIPS TO ENHANCE YOUR POSITIVE EMOTIONS Positive Reminiscence Smiling Acts of kindness By AffecTech researcher Desirée Colombo AffecTech is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 May 18-24 "Acts of kindness means offering something...

AffecTech supports Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 and acts of kindness
As the world continues to respond to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic small acts of kindness are becoming increasingly important in our daily lives. Acts of kindness do make a tremendous difference to the mental health and wellbeing of both recipient and giver....

AffecTech research calls for safeguarding strategies for mental health apps users
By Chengcheng Qu Mobile apps have huge potential to scale up the delivery of depression treatments, however, actions need to be taken for regulating such apps to protect users, especially children or adolescents. These are the findings of a recent AffecTech study [3],...

AffecTech strong presence at CHI 2020
Honourable mention awards for AffecTech researchers AffecTech project is featured prominently at the prestigious CHI 2020 conference, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction, with three full papers, two of which receiving Honourable...

AffecTech e-learning platform
Learning materials from all AffecTech network wide training events were initially made available via our project website. In April 2020, we have also launched a dedicated e-learning platform: https://www.affectech-elearning.com/ Via the e-learning platform, AffecTech...
AffecTech is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network funded by European Commission H2020
