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mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">IEEE J-BHI Special Issue on<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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.5gd;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0">Pervasive Sensing and Machine
Learning for Mental Health</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-font-kerning:
0pt">https://jbhi.embs.org/2018/06/07/pervasive-sensing-and-machine-learning-for-mental-health/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.6pt;margin-right:1.35pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.6pt;
mso-para-margin-right:.13gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:
.05pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
text-indent:-.05pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;punctuation-wrap:
simple;mso-line-break-override:restrictions"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Mental health is one of the major global health
issues affecting substantially more people than other non-communicable
diseases. In the US, one in five adults have a mental health condition, and
nearly one in twenty five adults has a serious mental illness. With the largest
population in the world, China accounts for 17% of global mental, neurological
and substance use cases. It was
estimated that there are more than 40 million people suffering from major
depressive disorder in China and 49 million people in India in 2013. In Europe,
mental and behavioral disorders accounted for 183,000 deaths in 2014, and at
least 1 in 20 deaths in Sweden, Denmark and Luxembourg were caused by the
disorders. Given this international societal impact and significant care cost,
governments around the world have honed in on tackling mental health issues and
promoting mental wellbeing in the population. With the increasing awareness of
mental health issues and the recent initiatives launched by research councils
and funding bodies, much research has been focused on developing novel technologies
for tackling this global health challenge.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0cm;margin-left:5.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;punctuation-wrap:simple;mso-line-break-override:restrictions"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.6pt;margin-right:1.35pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.6pt;
mso-para-margin-right:.13gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:
.05pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
text-indent:-.05pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;punctuation-wrap:
simple;mso-line-break-override:restrictions"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Recent advances in imaging and sensing have
facilitated the acquisition of detailed neurological signals and imaging
techniques for better understanding of the disorder. In addition, new wearable
technologies have enabled continuous sensing of neurological, physiological,
and behavioral information of the users. These technologies have led to new
insights into mental illnesses providing the needed data to improve the
diagnosis, identify triggers of episodes, and enable preventative interventions
with diverse machine learning approaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0cm;margin-left:.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.6pt;
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11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.6pt;margin-right:1.35pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.6pt;
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.05pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
text-indent:-.05pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;punctuation-wrap:
simple;mso-line-break-override:restrictions"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt">This special issue is in cooperation with the
2018 Researcher Links workshop on Mental Health Technologies
(http://uslab.ujn.edu.cn/workshop/index.html) and also beyond it. It is
dedicated to cover the related topics on technological advancements for mental
health care and diagnosis with focus on pervasive sensing and machine learning.
Only original research contributions will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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.05pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
text-indent:-.05pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;punctuation-wrap:
simple;mso-line-break-override:restrictions"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0cm;margin-left:41.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:42.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;
letter-spacing:-.05pt">Clinical challenges in mental health </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:41.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Pervasive
sensing for mental health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:41.95pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:42.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Computational
methods for assessing cognitive impairment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:41.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:42.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Machine
learning for episode detection and early intervention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:41.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Healthcare
information system for managing mental health <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:41.95pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:42.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Wearable
technologies for real-time and long-term monitoring of mental conditions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Assistive
technologies for self-management of mental diseases<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0cm;margin-left:41.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Data
security and privacy for care support systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0cm;margin-left:41.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;
letter-spacing:-.05pt">Innovative technologies for non-pharmaceutical mental
health treatment</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-font-kerning:0pt">Important Dates</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#222222;mso-font-kerning:0pt">More details regarding paper submission, GEs,
etc, are available at </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-font-kerning:0pt">https://jbhi.embs.org/2018/06/07/pervasive-sensing-and-machine-learning-for-mental-health</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;
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