Exploring Memory Interventions in Depression through Lifelogging Lens

Depression is a major affective disorder with significant socio-economic cost. Distinctive autobiographical memory impairments in depression include overgeneralization, negative-bias, and repetitive negative thinking. A few psychotherapeutic interventions have been purposefully designed to address these impairments, albeit they benefit from limited technological support. This paper reports an analysis of four memory-based interventions proven effective in the therapeutic practice targeting depression. We also explored the memory impairments addressed by these interventions. Our findings led to three design implications for digital tools in this space. We suggest the value of supporting enriched positive memory recall, negative memory reappraisal, and future episodic imagination.

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Chengcheng Qu

Corina Sas

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Publication date: July 2018

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.161

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

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[1] Mélissa C. AlléLiliann ManningJevita PotheegadooRomain CoutelleJean Marie DanionFabrice Berna 2017 Wearable Cameras Are Useful Tools to Investigate and Remediate Autobiographical Memory Impairment: A Systematic PRISMA Review. Neuropsychology Review 27 27 1 81 99

[2] Martin A Conway 2005 Memory and Language Memory and the self. Memory and the self Journal of Memory and Language 53 4 594 628

[3] CoreyL. M. Keyes 2014 Mental Health as a Complete State: How the Salutogenic Perspective Completes the Picture Bridging Occupational Organizational and Public Health 179 192

[4] David CoyleGavin DohertyMark MatthewsSharry John 2007 Computers in talk-based mental health interventions Interacting with Computers 19 4 545 562

[5] Tim DalgleishAliza Werner-Seidler 2014 Disruptions in autobiographical memory processing in depression and the emergence of memory therapeutics Trends in Cognitive Sciences 18 11 596 604

[6] Gavin DohertyDavid CoyleJohn Sharry 2012 Engagement with online mental health interventions Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI ’12 New York May 2012 1421–1430 ACM New York, NY, USA

[7] Morgan HarveyMarc LangheinrichGeoff Ward 2015 Remembering through lifelogging: A survey of human memory augmentation. Pervasive and Mobile Computing 27 14 26

[8] Caitlin HitchcockAliza Werner-SeidlerSimon E. BlackwellTim Dalgleish 2017 Autobiographical episodic memory-based training for the treatment of mood, anxiety and stress-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis Clinical Psychology Review 52 92 107

[9] Victoria HollisArtie KonradAaron SpringerMatthew AntounChristopher AntounRob MartinSteve Whittaker 2017 What Does All This Data Mean for My Future Mood? Actionable Analytics and Targeted Reflection for Emotional Well-Being Human-Computer Interaction 32 5–6 208 267

[10] Cristiano A. KöhlerAndré F. CarvalhoGilberto S. AlvesRoger S. McIntyreThomas N. HyphantisMartín Cammarota 2015 Autobiographical Memory Disturbances in Depression A Novel Therapeutic Target? Neural Plasticity 2015 1 14

[11] Artie KonradSimon TuckerJohn CraneSteve Whittaker 2016 Technology and Reflection: Mood and Memory Mechanisms for Well-Being Psychology of Well-Being 6 1 5

[12] Kees KorrelboomMaaike MaarsinghIrma Huijbrechts 2012 Competitive memory training (COMET) for treating low self-esteem in patients with depressive disorders: A randomized clinical trial Depression and Anxiety 29 2 102 110

[13] Huy Viet LeSarah ClinchCorina SasTilman DinglerNiels HenzeNigel Davies 2016 Impact of Video Summary Viewing on Episodic Memory Recall – Design Guidelines for Video Summarizations In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems -CHI ’16 San Jose, California, USA May2016 4793–4805 ACM New York, NY, USA

[14] Matthew L. LeeAnind K. Dey 2008 Lifelogging memory appliance for people with episodic memory impairment Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Ubiquitous computing -UbiComp ’08 Seoul Korea September2008 44–53 ACM New York, NY, USA

[15] Elizabeth D. MynattJim RowanSarah CraighillAnnie Jacobs 2001 Digital family portraits: supporting peace of mind for extended family members In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems -CHI ’01 Seattle Washington USA March 2001 333–340 ACM New York, NY, USA

[16] Victoria J. PalmerChristopher DowrickJane M. Gunn 2014 Mandalas as a visual research method for understanding primary care for depression International Journal of Social Research Methodology 17 5 527 541

[17] James W. Pennebaker 2017 Expressive Writing in Psychological Science Perspectives on Psychological Science 13 2 226 229

[18] Filip RaesJ. Mark G. WilliamsDirk Hermans 2009 Reducing cognitive vulnerability to depression: A preliminary investigation of MEmory Specificity Training (MEST) in inpatients with depressive symptomatology Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 40 1 24 38

[19] Corina Sas 2018 Exploring Self-Defining Memories in Old Age and their Digital Cues Proceedings on Designing Interactive Systems - DIS’18

[20] Corina SasChristopher Clarke 2015 Self-Defining Memory Cues?: Creative Expression and Emotional Meaning Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems- CHI EA ’15 Seoul Republic of Korea April 2015 2013 2018 ACM New York, NY, USA

[21] Corina SasMatthew Rees 2013 AffectCam?: Arousal – Augmented SenseCam for Richer Recall of Episodic Memories Proceedings of the 31rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems- CHI EA ’13 Paris France April 2013 1041 1046 ACM New York, NY, USA

[22] Abigail J. SellenAndrew FoggMike AitkenSteve HodgesCarsten RotherKen Wood 2007 Do life-logging technologies support memory for the past? Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI ’07 San Jose California USA April 2007 81 ACM New York, NY, USA

[23] Abigail J. SellenSteve Whittaker 2010 Beyond total capture: A Constructive Critique of Lifelogging Communications of the ACM 53 5 70 77

[24] Tamara J. LangSimon E. BlackwellCatherine J. HarmerPhil DavisonEmily A. Holmes 2013 Cognitive Bias Modification Using Mental Imagery for Depression: Developing a Novel Computerized Intervention to Change Negative Thinking Styles Personality and Information Processing 26 2 87 163

[25] Edward R. WatkinsRod Taylor 2012 Guided self-help concreteness training as an intervention for major depression in primary care: a Phase II randomized controlled trial Psychological Medicine 42 07 1359 1371

[26] J. Mark G. WilliamsThorsten BarnhoferCatherine Crane 2007 Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder Psychological Bulletin 133 1 122 148

[27] E. TulvingD. M. Thomson 1973 Encoding specificity and retrieval processes in episodic memory Psychological review 80 5 352 373

[28] WorldHealth Organization, WHO 2012 Depression (Fact Sheet 369).World Health Organization, Media Centre Http://www.who.int/ mediacentre/factsheets/fs369/en/(Retrieved January 13 2015)

[29] Steve HodgesEmma BerryKen Woodberry SenseCam: A wearable camera that stimulates and rehabilitates autobiographical memory Memory 19 7 685–696

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