Seasonal Affective Disorder and Light Therapy - Using Human-Centered Design to Treat Winter Depression

Jannik Götz develops a treatment concept for sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder, commonly known as winter depression. Unlike existing solutions that focus on medical remission only, the author aims at creating a user experience that is alleviating symptoms of this disease in a motivating and hassle-free way. By utilizing a variety of research techniques, the author gains valuable user-driven insights that are directly transformed into a novel approach to light therapy. The result is a light lamp that resolves shortcomings and issues of current treatment approaches. A business plan and its associated requirements complement the overall concept.

List of contents

Seasonal Affective Disorder and its Characteristics.- Human-Centered Design Research.- Design and Product Development.- Business Plan.

About the author

Jannik Götz completed his bachelor's degree in Industrial Design at the University of Applied Sciences Pforzheim, Germany, before finishing his master's degree in Design and Product Management at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Austria, and at Jönköping University, Sweden. Today, he is working for an international lighting company in Germany.

 

Product details

• Authors: Jannik Götz
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783658288266
• ISBN: 978-3-658-28826-6
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 333 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 227 p. 57 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works