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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Miriam Stoppard

'Smartphones could be used as an aid for people who are suffering with depression'

We may resent the intrusion of smartphones in our daily lives, but researchers at King’s College London are finding they can be a unique aid to help people with depression.

Smartphones can track sufferers’ symptoms and the impact they have on their lives, and hopefully throw new light on treatment.

The King’s team, in collaboration with researchers in three other ­countries, tracked 500 people with depression on their smartphones.

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