Article Excerpt: For years Andrew Campbell had wanted to build an app that could detect depression. But smartphone cameras just weren’t good enough. “The original front-facing camera was really crappy in 2013,” he says. “Fast-forward to 2023 and things had changed a lot.”
Campbell, a computer science professor who works at the nexus of technology and mental health, wasn’t thinking of what the improved cameras could do for Instagram influencers. He realized the selfie camera’s improved resolution was now good enough for what he envisioned.
The app Campbell and his team of researchers recently built, called MoodCapture, is designed to spot signs of depression from selfies. In a study of its effectiveness, participants recruited from around the country who already were diagnosed with major depressive disorder installed the app on their phones and responded three times a day to an eight-question survey that asked about their symptoms while the app simultaneously took a burst of five photos.
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Article Source: Dartmouth Alumni Magazine