Table 1 Wellbeing therapy protocol for conventional format (outpatients based tools) and for real-time personalized mobile technologies (Mobile Technology Tool)

Initial phase

Identifying and setting episodes of wellbeing into situational context

Report the circumstances surrounding the episodes of wellbeing rated on a scale of 0 to 100, with zero being absence of wellbeing and 100 being the most intense wellbeing

Diary

Mobile diary, personalized by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring

Visual analogical scale for wellbeing

Assessment

Monitor the quality of experience associated with daily situations (work, leisure, and so on)

Identification of instances of wellbeing and of optimal experiences

Intermediatephase

Remove the obstacles to sustained psychological wellbeing on self-monitoring of moments and feelings of wellbeing and graded task assignments

Identify thoughts and beliefs

Graded task assignments of undertaking particular pleasurable activities for a certain time each day

Electronic personalized task assignment by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring

Leading to premature interruption of wellbeing

Visual analogical scale for wellbeing

Assessment

Identify the areas of psychological wellbeing which are unaffected by irrational or automatic thoughts and which are saturated with them

Reinforce and encourage activities that are likely to elicit wellbeing and optimal experiences

Final phase

Be able to readily identify moments of wellbeing

Dimensions of psychological wellbeing are progressively introduced

Graded task assignments of undertaking particular pleasurable activities for a certain time each day

Mobile diary, personalized by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring

Be aware of interruptions to wellbeing feelings (cognitions)

Guide the patient from an impaired level to an optimal level according to the above six dimensions

Electronic personalized task assignment by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring

Follow optimal experiences

Meeting the challenge that may entail optimal experiences is emphasized

Visual analogical scale for wellbeing

Assessment