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Researchers Developing Smartphone Tech That Detects Depression

The Verizon iPhone. (Credit: CBS)

CHICAGO (CBS) — Researchers at Northwestern University are developing a smart phone that can sense whether you’re falling victim to depression.

As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, psychologist David Mohr has been adapting phones as a virtual therapist for patients prone to depression.

LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports

 

“We’re trying to develop individual algorithms for each user that can determine specific states, so their location where they are, their activity, their [...]