The LSR has several important functions allowing for clients to self-manage mental health issues and connect with their care providers; for example, secure messaging between clients and care providers, a mood monitor, a health journal, and access to a personal crisis plan.
The Oxford mood monitoring system has generated a large database of mood time series which has been used for studying the longitudinal course of bipolar disorder ([Bopp et al. 2010]) and for nonlinear approaches to characterising mood by Bonsall et al. ([2012]).
A single item SMS subjective distress rating (scale 0 to 10) was used for daily mood monitoring in patients with anxiety or depression in a remote Australian community during and after treatment [ 24], and a daily SMS mood score (scale 1 to 9) was collected as an adjunct to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for outpatients from different ethnic groups in the United States [ 25– 27].
One such prospective mood monitoring study that is underway is the True Colors study (Bonsall et al. 2012, 2015).
For example, high-frequency prospective automated mood monitoring such as that used in the True Colours system (www.truecolours.nhs.uk) reveals a complex picture in bipolar disorder in which chronic mood instability is more common than discrete episodes.
We examined how neuroticism impacts momentary affective differentiation in undergraduate students (n = 126) using an experience sampling design with mood monitored four times daily for one week.
I do not need my food choices and mood monitored, and moreover a professional staff will recognize and remember the preferences of regulars.
The program also includes a weekly mood monitor that generates a graph of mood status over the course of the intervention, a log book where men can record their responses to the exercises, and a bookmarking capability so men can return to pages of particular interest.
The process also includes careful participant screening, mood monitoring, and a protocol for monitoring and addressing distress.
The HAP Treatment-Specific subscale comprises 15 items assessing a range of HAP treatment skills, for example, whether and how well the lay therapist explained the HAP model to the patient and conducted mood monitoring in a given treatment session.
