Trend 07
Digital wellbeing
Digital wellbeing
Mental health matters in an ultraconnected world.
At a glance
Attitudes towards mental health have changed in recent years. With rising social, work and political stress, users are increasingly turning to their mobile devices for ways to feel good. Apps that worship physical wellbeing are being matched by other mental health formulas through new technologies: apps that help you find the meaning of life, meditation and mindfulness exercises, activities to encourage self-compassion and even subscriptions to receive medication to help cope with anxiety.
Faced with this situation, technology and design companies are looking for ways to understand what helps users feel good and the most suitable way to offer it to them, without going through traditional clinical experiences.
Cases
01 / 05Zorraquino spotlights
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Since the processes of industrialisation and mechanisation began in the middle of the last century, the development of technology in healthcare has never stopped, spreading to the various medical specialities.
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Precisely, the massive use of technology in our daily lives is leaving its mark on human life. New mental illnesses are emerging and existing ones are getting worse.
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We are witnessing a paradox in which the growth of mental illnesses arising from the use of technology tends to be reversed with more technology: meditation apps, social networks offering tips to improve emotional wellbeing, digital platforms that care for mental health…
More on the trend
References
- Ocultar los ‘likes’ en Instagram para evitar la aprobación de los demás
- Pinterest launches wellness activities to help users cope with stress, anxiety
- Spiritfarer, a cozy management game about dying
- Journey launches its real-time group “Peloton for Meditation”
- Anxious about a big speech? This startup wants to calm you down — with a cardiac drug you pop like a mint
- Headspace app acquires AI: Your phone could soon be your meditation coach
- Insider's edge to performing anxiety prescription-strength confidence
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