STTR Phase I: Peripheral Autonomic Regulation Training for Mental Health: Enabling Multimodal Peripheral Biofeedback in a Higher Education Setting

STTR 第一阶段：心理健康外周自主调节培训：在高等教育环境中实现多模式外周生物反馈

• 批准号: 2208601
• 负责人: Jeffrey Cary
• 金额: $ 25.54万
• 依托单位: LIFESPAN DIGITAL HEALTH, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2208601&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Peripheral; Autonomic; Regulation

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is not limited to the higher education community, but has broader application at the elementary, middle and high school levels, especially in underserved and marginalized communities experiencing increased rates of suicide and mental health issues. This project's innovative technologies can assist in the mental health crisis in the country's youth, and specifically in the Native American health system as well as Juvenile Detainee/Juvenile Justice systems. This project's implementation of research based on the benefits of game-based intervention coupled with biometric sensing has the potential to provide the technologies necessary to equip the mental health profession to develop options that could replace pharmacological interventions with a path to delivering personalized and measurement-based mental health services.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project uses predictive algorithms, wearable technology and peripheral autonomic biofeedback to provide timely and effective data to enable mental health professionals to enact treatments and therapeutic support for students. Challenges in the increase of adult mental illness, shortage of mental health professionals and shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists require a move towards tele-psychiatry, collaborative care and innovative technology to bridge the gap between inadequate supply and increasing demand. The proposed approach involves the development of bio-behavioral technology that provides mental health professionals an interactive stress and anxiety evaluation to enable deep, transformative connections between young adults and mental health service providers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力不仅限于高等教育界，而且在小学、初中和高中各级都有更广泛的应用，特别是在服务不足和边缘化社区，这些社区的入学率正在上升自杀和心理健康问题。该项目的创新技术可以帮助解决该国年轻人的心理健康危机，特别是美洲原住民卫生系统以及少年拘留/少年司法系统。该项目的研究实施基于基于游戏的干预与生物识别传感相结合的好处，有可能提供必要的技术，使心理健康专业能够开发出可以替代药物干预的方案，提供个性化和基于测量的途径心理健康服务。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目使用预测算法、可穿戴技术和外围自主生物反馈来提供及时有效的数据，使心理健康专业人员能够为学生制定治疗和治疗支持。成人精神疾病增加、精神卫生专业人员短缺以及儿童和青少年精神科医生短缺等挑战需要转向远程精神病学、协作护理和创新技术，以弥合供应不足和需求增加之间的差距。拟议的方法涉及生物行为技术的开发，为心理健康专业人员提供交互式压力和焦虑评估，以在年轻人和心理健康服务提供者之间建立深入的、变革性的联系。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得支持通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。