Serious mental illnesses (SMIs) like depression, bipolar disorder, etc. are one of the dire health concerns throughout the world. According to WHO, depression is one of the prime causes of disability with 350 million people suffering from it globally. Patients with SMIs require prolonged care and management which in long term adversely affects the caregiver's health. Existing studies leverage the potential of mobile technology to build healthcare systems for mental illnesses. Most of these studies are patient centric with an aim to assist patients in self-management of their illness. The studies focused only on patients have neither exploited the potential of caregiver's role, nor have explored the solutions for managing their burden. We aim to provide a solution that leverage the role of caregivers in providing healthy cooperation between the patients and the doctors in managing SMIs. In this paper we present our work in progress -- Harmony  - a system designed to encourage the patients in adopting an efficient morning routine. Aim of the current prototype is to reduce the morning efforts of the caregiver by assisting the patient in becoming independent.
['Anupriya Tuli', 'Pushpendra Singh', 'Mamta Sood', 'Koushik Sinha Deb', 'Siddharth Jain', 'Abhishek Jain', 'Manan Wason', 'Rakesh Chadda', 'Rohit Verma']
Harmony : close knitted mhealth assistance for patients, caregivers and doctors for managing SMIs