IEEE EMBC 2022 Workshop and Challenge on Detection of Stress and Mental Health Using Wearable Sensors

Mental health and well-being are one of the most challenging issues in modern so-ciety[1,2]. For example, moderate stress can help a person in many beneficial ways to confront a challenge [3]. On the other hand, excessive stress, a common phenomenon in our society, can cause overall negative health and well-being impact [4], such as increasing susceptibility to infection and illness[5-7], affecting a diverse range of physical, psychological, and behavioral conditions (i.e., anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, or decreasing job productivity)[8-11]. Furthermore, mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia, if not monitored and treated timely, can lead to further degradation of the person’s mental health and well-being. The ability to measure stress levels or mental health could enable better self-management of one’s behavioral choices in ways that might be intervened timely.