Intelligent shirt that cures psychiatric patients mind

Intelligent clothing against depression. The shirt is a smart, integrated with electrodes Senor and able to monitor the emotional state of patients psikistrike, what currently being tested in three clinics in Pisa, Geneva and Strasbourg on people who have bipolar disorders.
Now, after three years of study, the acquisition of data and development of a platform, Psyche (Monitoring System for Personalised Care in Mental Health), arrived in the experimentation phase.
The European project is coordinated by the research center of the University of Pises E.Piaggio and sees the participation of ten multidisciplinary European partners, who come from Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Spain and Ireland, among which there are universities, private companies, research centers and hospitals.
"The main goal of the project is to develop a platform and multi-parametric multisensoriale that substraktet based on textile and dress for the equipment and long-term monitoring of patients. We thus created a support tool for psychiatric medicine in disease diagnosis, prognosis, but especially, in response pharmaceutical treatment and prevention of manic-depressive episodes ", - explained Scilingo Enzo Pasquale, associate professor and coordinator of the project Bioinxhinierise .
"During the study, the patient is asked to dress shirts twice a week for a period of weeks prej14 ndiekjeje. Sensorizuar shirt allows capturing and elektrokardiogrames physiological parameters (ECG) and respiratory frequency, which also paramtetrat move biomechanic position. Twice per week, some hours before the stretch for sleep, patients wear blouse and registered for use smartfonin voice their psychological meet the test / write status and cognitive's emotional. At night, T continues to record physiological data ", - continues Scilingo.