COP II Practical Outcome: Further Research

"Disclosing intimate details of one's life while face-to-face with someone often carries a fear of the the possibility of judgement." 

Stephen Goss, Kate Anthony, LoriAnne Sykes Stretch, DeeAnna Merz Nagel, 2016. Technology In Mental Health- Applications In Practice, Supervision and Training. Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publishing 

Further Research

Ginger.io can be used to track people's mobile phone usage, in basic terms if people are sending less texts, interacting using their phone less this usually indicates a dip in mood, which is possibly detrimental to certain patients, this could furthermore work in a university setting as parents can send 'hugs' and so forth. The app links the patient with a therapist who is informed on inactivity, at which point they can choose to intervene. My argument for this would be that it's an invasion of privacy, a lack of messages could simply be an indication to the patient busy working, sleeping and so on, times when a message from a therapist would be unwelcome and may even put the patient in the bad mood they're initially presumed to be in.