BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Self-direction in daily stress management: the solution for mental health issues DTSTART:20221111T090000 DTEND:20221111T100000 DTSTAMP:20260930T185335Z UID:de2583fa9cbf6908e7581d71c22b132b2567c7d75daf1a48ff6480ab CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars DESCRIPTION:Yvette Roke Yvette Roke has been working as a psychiatrist at GGz Centraal\, the fourth largest psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands\ , since 2007. In addition to her work as a psychiatrist\, she is project l eader at the SAM-STAPP project. In 2013\, she obtained her PhD on prolacti n-related side effects of antipsychotics in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). After her PhD\, she focused on finding new and more appropriate treatment options to help adults and young people wi th ASD reduce the stress in their daily lives. Together with her clients a nd research organization TNO\, she has developed the E-mental health appli cation SAM\, the stress autism mate. This is a personalized application th at supports the self-management of clients with ASD in dealing with the da ily stress experienced. In 2021 she won both the Health Valley Bridge Priz e and the Tenzinger healthcare smart innovation award. During the joint le ading awards of health insurer VGZ in 2022\, SAM won the bronze award in t he category sensible care. There are now more self-management apps develop ed by the SAM-STAPP team. SAM junior for young people (12-18 years of age) with ASD and STAPP@Work a self-directness management app for employees an d students\, which provides insight into stress patterns at work and at ho me and thus improves mental well-being and happiness at work or during the course of your studies. Jamie Hoefakker Jamie Hoefakker is a psychologist at Emerhese Flevoland\, the autism expertise center for autism spectrum d isorder of GGz Centraal - the fourth largest psychiatric institution in th e Netherlands. He has a background in Neurobiology (BSc)\, Clinical Neurop sychology (MSc) and Business Economics (MSc) with a focus on neuroeconomic s and sustainable choice behavior. Between 2014 and 2018\, he was also inv olved in large-scale academic event planning and organization\, which he c ontinued in his current job at GGz Centraal. In addition to his work as a practicing psychologist\, he is a project coordinator in the SAM-STAPP tea m\, a project for the development of mobile stress signaling applications for psychiatric and non-psychiatric target groups. Jamie is involved in va rious product lines\, such as an application for adults with autism spectr um disorder and another for employees within the Dutch mental health care system\, where he oversees the development of the applications.\nIn the le cture Yvette Roke and Jamie Hoefakker will discuss the positive and negat ive effects of daily stress on mental health. They will also highlight whi ch characteristics are likely to cause more stress related issues\, and wh y recovery time is very important. They will give an understanding of auti sm spectrum disorder (ASD) in relation to daily stress and they will discu ss the app\, SAM the stress autism mate\, developed and investigated (SCED design) in co-creation with their patients with ASD.\n\nWatch the introdu ctory videos about the SAM app\n\nSAM app:\nSAM\, a mobile mHealth applica tion\, has been developed by a project group consisting of mental health r esearchers of the Netherlands Organization for applied scientific research (TNO)\, and practitioners of GGz Centraal Emerhese\, Flevoland\, in cl ose alignment with the target group\, 15 patients of GGz Centraal Emerh ese Flevoland. The purpose of SAM is to support individuals with autism in stress recognition and self-management of stress in daily life\, thereb y improving well-being\, among other things. The SAM app is easy to use\, no special training is needed to use SAM. Considering the specific commun ication needs for adults with autism\, SAM was designed to be easily custo mised. One can select different sets of colours for the feedback chart (i. e.\, traffic light colours or different shades of blue) and for the questi onnaire multiple-choice options in written text or emoticons are available . SAM consists of several features\, each of which is explained separatel y below.\n\nQuestionnaire\nSAM sets a questionnaire four times a day with an interval of four hours. The timing of the first questionnaire is\, chos en by the user and it takes two minutes to complete. The questionnaire sta rts with what activities the user has done in the past four hours and how the user felt during these activities. This is followed by two questions a bout whether the user had positive thoughts and felt energized during the past four hours. The questionnaire ends with ten multiple-choice questions about stress signals experienced in the past four. These questions are ba sed on the results of the interviews with the target group. Every question -and-answer possibility in the SAM app is linked to a certain score\, and the sum score corresponds to a certain stress level (i.e.\, no stress\, li ttle stress\, stress\, lots of stress). Based on cut-off values within the potential sum scores\, the algorithm generates a report of the level of p erceived stress (i.e.\, no stress\, little stress\, stress\, lots of stres s). SAM then verifies the results by asking if the measured stress level c orresponds to the person’s perception. When there is a discrepancy betwe en the stress level measured by SAM and the person’s own perception\, th is is registered on the overview page. This forms an input for the dialogu e about stress signalling between the user and the practitioner or relativ e. In addition\, we use the authentication data for the further developmen t of SAM.\n\nPersonal coping advice\nAfter the algorithm has calculated a stress level\, the app provides a general as well as a personalized coping advice corresponding to the level of stress. The personalized advice cons ists of stress management tips that are pre-set by the user: while install ing the app\, users are asked to select preformulated tips and/or to enter their own personal tips. Examples of general preformulated coping advice are ‘go for a walk’\, ‘do a breathing exercise’ or ‘listen to so me music’.\n\nFeedback chart \nAt the end of every day and week an overv iew of the daily stress levels is generated in a feedback chart. This cha rt visualizes the stress level of every measurement moment and summarise w hich activities contributed to feeling good or bad. By looking at the feed back chart\, the user may discover stress patterns possibly related to day -to-day activities. In this way\, the user can retrospectively consider wh ich activities or events caused or contributed to the experienced stress. Additionally\, this chart could be a focus point in therapy if the user wi shes to share the results with the therapist.\n\n  LOCATION:AI 1153 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==AI%201153 https://epfl.zoom.u s/webinar/register/WN_f7EahyaeQJOWBboDOnuBJQ STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR