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June 30, 2021

The Big Idea: can a smartphone game help monitor depression?

Thymia is developing video games for patients to play on their smartphones, aiming to monitor depression.


Freya Pratty

5 min read

Welcome to The Big Idea, where each week we pick a company with a weird, wacky or gamechanging notion that could have a massive impact on the world around us. Next up is Thymia, a UK-based company working on using smartphone video games to target and monitor mental conditions like depression.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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