Digital phenotyping and the development and delivery of health guidelines and behaviour change interventions

Abstract

Lovatt and colleagues make the case that drinking guidelines informed by the experiences and behaviours of drinkers are likely to have increased relevance, credibility and efficacy. There is reason to believe that digital technologies such as crowdsourcing, social media, mobile digital devices and biosensing devices measure behaviours such as drinking with a level of detail and on a scale that has not been possible previously. The intensive measurement of behaviours enabled by these approaches, combined with appropriate modelling techniques, can reveal patterns of behaviours that, together with knowledge of the resultant negative or harmful consequences, can inform the development of improved guidelines.

The contexts of heavy drinking: A systematic review of the combinations of context-related factors associated with heavy drinking occasions

“…luminosity, noise level and density restrictions, location-specific text message interventions) [100]. Technologies such as smartphone-based environmental measurement tools may be useful for measuring physical environments and investigating associations with heavy drinking behaviours [101–103].…”

The Digital Phenotyping Project: A Psychoanalytical and Network Theory Perspective

“…The use of digital phenotyping has been particularly developed in the field of addiction ( Skinner et al, 2017 ; Ferreri et al, 2018 ) and would also be useful to guide clinical diagnosis and screening for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) based on tweets analysis ( Hswen et al, 2019 ). ASD is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior.…”

Digital phenotyping and sociological perspectives in a Brave New World

“…Skinner et al 's Journal Club paper 1 was prompted by our original publication in Addiction 2. There are areas covered which deserve further discussion and in writing this, we find ourselves in two minds.…”