ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE LA Team

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Mental illness had been an alarming issue among Americans, fueled by feelings of loneliness and isolation when the pandemic struck in March. The 2021 State of Mental Health in America report states that mental health in the United States continues to deteriorate, that many states are unprepared to deal with the crisis, and that the government is called out to act immediately.

In the said report, 19% of adult Americans experienced mental illness from 2017 to 2018. There was an increase of 1.5 million people based on last year’s dataset. Moreover, the percentage of adults in the U.S. who are experiencing severe thoughts of suicide increased to 0.15% from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018 or an additional of 460,000 people from last year’s dataset.

Mental illness chooses no age. In fact, in the above-mentioned report, from 2017 to 2018, 9.7% of adolescents in the United States experience severe major depression. Additionally, 60% of these adolescents were not able to receive mental health therapy. Even in states with the highest availability of resources, many of their residents were left untreated.

Today, with the fast-growing advancement in technology, experts are routing for RPM to help in treating and understanding more patients with mental illness.

Monitoring Symptoms using RPM

Mental illness signs and symptoms may vary, depending on the disorder, circumstances, and other factors. Mental illness symptoms can affect emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.

The most common signs and symptoms are loneliness or sadness, confusion or lack of concentration, excessive fears and worries, extreme feelings of guilt, withdrawal from friends and family members, fatigue, delusions or hallucinations, significant change in eating habits, extreme anger or violence, suicidal thoughts, and even physical pain such as stomach pain, back pain, headaches, or other unexplained aches and pains.

Many of these signs and symptoms can be tracked by Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). RPM uses sensors and wearable devices to measure patients’ physiological data. It then transmits these data to a cloud database, where providers may access anytime and anywhere. RPM allows providers to continuously and remotely monitor their patients and adjust their treatment plan, if needed.

Sleep Tracker. According to  the National Alliance of Mental Illness, around 50% of cases of insomnia are caused by sadness, worry, or psychological stress. Early morning wakefulness, accompanied by low energy, inability to concentrate, sadness, and change appetite, may indicate depression. On the other hand, a sudden inability to sleep or a significant drop in sleep coupled with an increase in activity may indicate manic behavior.

Numerous anxiety disorders are related to sleep issues. Sleep deprivation is usually connected with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Panic episodes during sleeping may be indicative of a panic disorder. Sleep deprivation as a result of nightmares may be linked to PTSD.

With the help of the RPM sleep tracker, providers may be alerted if their patients are having sleep problems.

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