Technology therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder based on Internet of Things

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is the network that connects everything with internet, through sensors, radio frequency identification (RFID), and global positioning systems and so on. The purpose of the IoT is to create a smart environment in which the basic information from any one of the networked autonomous actors can be efficiently shared with others in real-time. These factors cooperate to assist the treatment of many psychopaths including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients. OCD is defined by a diverse group of symptoms that contain intrusive thoughts, rituals, preoccupations, and compulsions. In this paper, a strategy is applied to improve the behavior of the patients and also to help the therapists by the use of Internet of things technology. Therefore, intelligent things connected to the Internet get the information from the patients and send it to the database of the treatment center immediately. Furthermore, things warn the patients in the case of being overused.

Information and Communication Technologies in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

“…OCD or more specifically Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a world-wide renown mental illness in the psychiatric area which afflicts a certain percentage of the population [1]. This mental disorder is intrusive and distracting to the point that it can be harmful to the person that carries it, because it interrupts what is considered a normal behavior in society [2], [3]. Computer Science is the science that studies computers and computer systems, different from electrical engineering and computer engineering, this science majorly works with software and software systems; this includes their theory, development and application.…”

“…The use of computer science together with specific electronic devices and psychiatry has helped to develop different technologies that use databases [1], [5], [6], [7], video games (consoles, computers, cell phones with or without internet connection) [8], [9], [10], [11], web pages [1], [7], social network [12] and controlled environments to make diagnoses, procure several reactions and perform treatments [13], [14]. These controlled environments may vary, be that they are environments controlled externally by specialists [13], [15] - [22], environments controlled externally by patients [9], [11], [15], [16], [18], [20] - [22], to even environments controlled by devices linked through internet [2]. This systematic review focuses in the information and communication technologies that were used or created to help with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder through the years in psychiatry.…”

“…Each of the selected documents provide concise information about the developed or used technologies to help with the mental disorder known as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The outcomes and conclusions of several of the selected studies to help with this particular mental disorder make it quite clear that further investigations are needed [2], [8], [11] [13], [19]. Researches, studies and technologies developed or used were vast and varied.…”