iFeel

The information already stored in your smartphone could be useful for you. iFeel is an innovative app that aims to use that information towards early detection of depression. Downloading iFeel will activate a personalized early detection engine that analyzes your behavioral usage patterns and notifies your chosen Trust Buddy.

· Keep your anonymity - no registration of any personal information needed.

· Keep your control – you choose who gets notified (via text message) whenever a clinically significant depression-related deviation is detected.

· Keep your routine – no action or change of habits is required. The app simply works in the background.

· Keep your health - as "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" (Benjamin Franklin).

iFeel empowers you and your family member or friend of your choice as he/she receives a real time notification (via text message) whenever clinically significant depression-related deviation is detected.

What is unique about the iFeel is that once you download it, no action or change in your behavior is required. Language and cultural nuances do not pose a problem, since usage is analyzed according to your behavioral pattern (using sophisticated statistical variations formula) and not compared to others. This free app was developed by the Expert Platform on Mental Health – a multi-stakeholder initiative that includes experts, patient organizations (GAMIAN), family organizations (EUFAMI), and psychological organizations (IFP). The Expert Platform also includes (as observers) European Commissions (DG SANCO) and members of Parliament. The Expert Platform on Mental Health has no commercial interests and is designed to comply with all relevant security, privacy and medical regulations to ensure that the app will only be used by you and for you.

An integral part of iFeel and a key to its development and growth is feedback from the users. We hope that iFeel's engine, along with your valued feedback, contributes to strengthening and prolonging patients’ recovery.

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已经存储在智能手机上的信息可能对你有用。 iFeel是一个创新的应用程序，旨在利用这些信息对早期发现抑郁症。下载iFeel将激活，可以分析的行为使用模式，并通知您所选择的信托好友一个个性化的早期检测引擎。

·保持你的匿名性 - 无需任何个人信息登记。

·保持你的控制 - 你选择谁得到通知（通过短信），只要检测临床显著抑郁相关的偏差。

·保持你的日常 - 无需习惯动作或改变。这个应用程序简单地在后台运行。

·保持你的健康 - 为“预防为主，治疗为辅”（本杰明富兰克林）。

iFeel使您和您的家人或您选择的朋友，因为他/她收到实时通知（通过短信），只要临床检测显著抑郁症有关的偏差。

什么是关于iFeel独特之处在于，一旦你下载它，需要在你的行为不采取行动或改变。语言和文化的细微差别不构成问题，因为使用进行了分析，根据您的行为模式（使用复杂的统计公式的变化），而不是比别人。多方利益相关者倡议，包括专家，患者组织（GAMIAN），家庭组织（EUFAMI）和心理组织（IFP） - 这个免费的应用程序是由专业平台对心理健康的发展。专家平台还包括（作为观察员）欧洲委员会（DG SANCO）和议会的成员。对心理健康的专家平台没有商业利益，并设计符合所有相关的安全，隐私和医疗法规，以确保应用程序只能由你，你可以使用。

iFeel的一个组成部分，并一键其发展和增长是来自用户的反馈。我们希望iFeel的引擎，与你的宝贵意见一起，有助于加强和延长患者的康复。

有关用途和抑郁症的连续行为监测潜在好处的更多信息，请访问相关文章