UWE: Self-help anxiety management (SAM) app providing life-changing support for students

Ewens, Matt; Topham, Phil

Abstract

This case study and embedded video gives an account of a project to build a self-help app for the management of mild to moderate anxiety. It outlines the project origins in providing support for students’ social anxiety in learning situations and the trialling of a prototype app. It describes the development of the full working version, including the app’s main functions and features, together with reports of its impact on users to date.

Citation

Ewens, M., & Topham, P. UWE: Self-help anxiety management (SAM) app providing life-changing support for students

• Report Type: Project Report
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: technology, mobile, apps, anxiety, therapy, self-help, health
• Publisher URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5c8KlRkM9U
• Related Public URLs: http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5673/1/UWE_-_Self-help_anxiety_management_(SAM)_app_providing_life-changing_support_for_students.pdf
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Matt Ewens, Information Officer, Jisc South West & Midlands in conversation with Phil Topham, Chartered Psychologist and SAM-app Project Lead at UWE Bristol.