Determining Anxiety in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder through Behavioural Clustering and Variations in Repetition Intensity.
Journal:
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Published Date:
Jul 1, 2018
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Over the last decade, the application of computer vision techniques to the analysis of behavioural patterns has seen a considerable increase in research interest. One such interesting and recent application is the visual behavioural analysis of mental disorders. Despite the very recent surge in interest in this area, relatively little has been done thus far to assist individuals living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The work proposed herein represents a proof of concept system designed to demonstrate the efficacy of such an approach, from the computational perspective. The specific focus of this work lies in demonstrating a mechanism for clustering different kinds of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder behaviours and then comparing new behaviours to existing behaviours to determine the approximate level of anxiety represented by a compulsive behaviour.