Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Personalization

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Personalization

Finally, all this would be so much more manageable with a serious dose of personalization that offers both a virtual and a physical case manager. Based on the illness, location, insurance plan, family situation, patient demographics, and so on, custom solutions need to be researched and designed. A virtual case manager can easily charge $50 a month, while physical case managers charge $200–$500 a month. >>>

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Flamenco

If you liked the paso doble, you should also take a look at flamenco, its cousin. Here’s La Tania, one of my favorite flamenco dancers, performing in San Francisco:

And here’s social dancing at a flamenco club in Seville, Spain:

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Content, Community And Commerce

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Content

The content needs of the domain are immense and range all the way from content related to various illnesses, their symptoms, medications, prognosis, and state of research, to the vast spectrum of discussions and insights on coping mechanisms and support resources for family and friends. >>>

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Paso Doble

Paso doble, of Spanish origin, is not an easy dance. Here are two wonderful scenes from Strictly Ballroom to give you a sense of what it looks like …

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Context

First, we explore context. What brings users to the web?

It could be that a family member is in the middle of a first psychosis. However, the family has no experience of the phenomenon, and hence, they do not know what the symptoms mean. They come to the web for research. >>>

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Cha Cha

Another popular Latin dance, cha cha, is bouncy and fun.

Listen to this famous song, “Never On Sunday,” sung by Petula Clark:

This song, actually, is one you can dance the cha cha to … a very popular one!

And this is what the cha cha looks like …

Simple, right? Try it now with “Never On Sunday.”

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Introduction

This holiday season, as we play with fun topic like music, food, and dance, I also want to tackle one heavy topic: mental illness.

There has always been a stigma around mental illness. Yet, 10 percent of the U.S. population is mentally ill. And if you extrapolate from that number, it is conceivable that worldwide, 700 million people are mentally ill. These illnesses can be varied, ranging from schizophrenia to bipolar disorder to chronic depression to various addictions to developmental disorders to post-traumatic stress disorder that is so common in war veterans these days. >>>

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Rhumba

Rhumba has its origin in Cuba. Here are some clips from the film “Strictly Ballroom” to get a feel for the dance. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a very fun movie.