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EMOTEO: a smartphone application for monitoring and reducing aversive tension in borderline personality disorder patients, a pilot study

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Prada, Paco, Zamberg, Ido, Bouillault, Gérald, Jimenez, Naya, Zimmermann, Julien, Hasler, Roland, Aubry, Jean-Michel, Nicastro, Rosetta +1 more·2017·Perspectives In Psychiatric Care

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PURPOSE: We developed a smartphone application (App; EMOTEO: emotion-meteo [weather forecast]) to help borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients to monitor and regulate their inner tension. The App proposes targeted mindfulness-based exercises. DESIGN AND METHODS: We assessed the usability and efficiency of this App for monitoring and reduction of aversive tension in 16 BPD participants over a 6-month period. FINDINGS: We recorded a mean of 318.1 sessions (SD = 166.7) per participants, with a high level of satisfaction. There was a significant decrease in aversive tension (p < .05) and the App was mainly used around 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: EMOTEO was user-friendly and efficient in reducing aversive tension in BPD patients.

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  • EMOTEO and DBT Coach have shown promising results in reducing the urgency to consume ("craving").

    “in reducing the “urgency to consume” (“craving”)”

    From Mobile intervention for individuals with psychosis, dual disorders, and their common comorbidities: A literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [109]

    The paper reports that DBT Coach reduced urges to use substances in people with borderline personality disorder and comorbid substance use disorder (Abstract; page unavailable). It reports that EMOTEO reduced aversive tension, with only a possible secondary reduction in self-damaging behavior (Discussion and Conclusions; pages unavailable). It does not report that EMOTEO reduced craving. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • EMOTEO and DBT Coach have shown promising results in reducing distress associated with a dysphoric mood.

    “Both applications have shown promising results in reducing the distress associated with a dysphoric mood”
  • EMOTEO and DBT Coach have shown promising results in improvement of the depressive state.

    “and in the improvement of the depressive state (109, 110).”

    From Mobile intervention for individuals with psychosis, dual disorders, and their common comorbidities: A literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [109]

    The Results report a decrease in aversive tension with EMOTEO, while the Participants section gives only a baseline depression score; neither establishes improvement in depressive state. The Discussion attributes improvement in depression symptoms to a different smartphone intervention, not to EMOTEO or DBT Coach. Searches for depressive outcomes and DBT Coach found no passage reporting the claimed result for either app. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Prada, P., Zamberg, I., Bouillault, G., Jimenez, N., Zimmermann, J., Hasler, R., Aubry, J.-M., Nicastro, R., & Perroud, N.
Affiliations
University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
Corresponding author
Hasler, Roland
Venue
Perspectives In Psychiatric Care
Published
2016-07-21
Volume
53
Issue
4
Pages
289-298
ISSN
0031-5990 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2482775945
Cited by
47
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
4.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Perspectives In Psychiatric Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
The University Hospitals of Geneva, “Fondation Artère”
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Keywords
borderline personality disorder, mobile application, emotion regulation, mindfulness practice, emotion monitoring, digital mental health interventions, usability, user satisfaction
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Adolescent, Adult, Borderline Personality Disorder, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Monitoring, Ambulatory, Young Adult, Mobile Applications, Mindfulness

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