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Smartphones To Monitor Schizophrenics
the_newsbeagle writes Psychiatrists have realized that they can collect vast amounts of data about their patients using smartphone apps that passively monitor the patients as they go about their daily business. A prototype for schizophrenia patients is being tested out now on Long Island. The Crosscheck trial will look at behavior patterns (tracking movement, sleep, and conversations) and correlate them with the patient's reports of symptoms and moods; researchers hope the data will reveal the "signature" of a patient who is about relapse and therefore needs help.
Maybe we should have explained to psychiatrists that Is The Government Spying On Schizophrenics Enough? was a joke, not a roadmap.
Your brain is malfunctioning and you need help. You don't believe me? That's because your brain is malfunctioning and you need help!
The entire fraudulent pseudoscience of psychiatry depends upon circular reasoning? You only think it does, because your brain is malfunctioning and you need help!!
Doesn't our government do that already?