Delivering individualized mental health therapies via networked computing devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11521735-B2
Application number	US-202016909358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2020
Priority date	Jun 23, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

Aspects and features of this disclosure relate to delivering individualized mental health therapies via networked computing devices. A mental-health-treatment-delivery server outputs a module with video content in connection with a mental health treatment protocol for a user. The mental-health-treatment-delivery server outputs a request for the user to respond to a question or to stimuli. The mental-health-treatment-delivery server receives a response from the user to the question or the stimuli. The mental-health-treatment-delivery server compares the response to stored data to determine information to present to the user. The mental-health-treatment-delivery server receives a command from the server device to present the information to the user. The mental-health-treatment-delivery server outputs the information to an interface of the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server device, at least one response to a question or stimuli presented to a user in connection with a mental health treatment application executing on a user device;
comparing the at least one response to stored user data to determine information to be presented to the user;
outputting an instruction for causing the mental health treatment application to output the information to the user, wherein outputting the instruction causes the user device to adjust visual lighting intensities to simulate conducting medical therapy sessions at a selected time of day, a particular weather condition, or a selected office environment lighting condition; and
transmitting data about use of the mental health treatment application by the user to an electronic health record system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the instruction comprises:
determining that the at least one response indicate that the user is moving toward an elevated stress level; and
providing a calming module of content for presentation to the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the instruction comprises:
determining that the at least one response indicate a significant degradation in performance or increase in stress; and
providing an emergency notification indicating that the user requires emergency treatment.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the instruction comprises:
determining that the at least one response indicates a change in performance of the user;
presenting, responsive to the change representing an improvement, an encouragement content item to reinforce the change in performance of the user; and
presenting, responsive to the change representing a degradation, an admonishment content item to reduce the change in performance of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information to be presented to the user comprises a therapy module that includes a parameters of a virtual therapist office, wherein the parameters include audio, video, or location cue.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a data structure of the electronic health record system;
extracting a set of features from the data about use of the mental health treatment application;
matching one or more features of the set of features with an element of the data structure; and
storing, in the electronic health record system, the one or more features that correspond to the element of the data structure.

7. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory memory device communicatively coupled to the processor comprising instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
outputting, by a user device, a module with video content in connection with a mental health treatment protocol for a user;
outputting a request for the user to respond to a question or to stimuli;
receiving a response from the user to the question or the stimuli;
transmitting the response to a server device for comparing the response to stored data to determine information to present to the user;
receiving a command from the server device to present the information to the user; and
outputting the information to an interface of the user device, wherein outputting the information includes causing the user device to adjust visual lighting intensities to simulate conducting medical therapy sessions at various times of day, various weather conditions, or various office environment lighting conditions.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operation of outputting the information comprises:
determining that the response from the user indicates that the user is moving toward an elevated stress level; and
providing the information including a calming module of content for presentation to the user.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operation of outputting the information comprises:
determining that the response from the user indicates a significant degradation in performance or increase in stress; and
providing an emergency notification indicating that the user requires emergency treatment.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operation of outputting the information comprises:
determining that the response from the user indicates a change in performance of the user;
presenting, responsive to the change representing an improvement, an encouragement content item to reinforce the change in performance of the user; and
presenting, responsive to the change representing a degradation, an admonishment content item to reduce the change in performance of the user.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the information comprises a therapy module that includes a parameters of a virtual therapist office, wherein the parameters include audio, video, or location cue.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a data structure of an electronic health record system;
extracting a set of features from the data about use of the mental health treatment protocol;
matching one or more features of the set of features with an element of the data structure; and
storing, in the electronic health record system, the one or more features that correspond to the element of the data structure.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processing device to perform operations comprising:
outputting, by a user device, a module with video content in connection with a mental health treatment protocol for a user;
outputting a request for the user to respond to a question or to stimuli;
receiving a response from the user to the question or the stimuli;
transmitting the response to a server device for comparing the response to stored data to determine information to present to the user;
receiving a command from the server device to present the information to the user; and
outputting the information to an interface of the user device, wherein outputting the information includes causing the user device to adjust visual lighting intensities to simulate conducting medical therapy sessions at various times of day, various weather conditions, or various office environment lighting conditions.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operation of outputting the information comprises:
determining that the response from the user indicates that the user is moving toward an elevated stress level; and
providing a calming module of content for presentation to the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operation of outputting the information comprises:
determining that the response from the user indicates a significant degradation in performance or increase in stress; and
providing an emergency notification indicating that the user requires emergency treatment.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operation of outputting the information comprises:
determining that the response from the user indicates a change in performance of the user;
presenting, responsive to the change representing an improvement, an encouragement content item to reinforce the change in performance of the user; and
presenting, responsive to the change representing a degradation, an admonishment content item to reduce the change in performance of the user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the information to be presented to the user comprises a therapy module that includes a param

Assignees

• Univ Rochester

Inventors

• Hasselberg Michael J
• Cross Wendy
• Brown Matthew
• Mitten David John
• Dasilva Christopher John

Classifications

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G16H80/00

  ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring · CPC title

• G16H20/70 Primary

  relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title