Testing and validating an e-health (smartphone application) approach to better understand the determinants of day-to-day symptomatology in depression, medication adherence, and treatment efficacy in the goal of maximizing patient care.
Age between 18 and 65 years;
Fulfilling the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual version IV (DSM-IV) criteria of depression assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview;
Patients started their antidepressant treatment less than 5 days before inclusion;
Patient treated in an outpatient setting;
A current mental or psychiatric impairment or disease (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) that required psychotropic medication or inpatient treatment on a psychiatric ward;
A history of psychosis, including schizophrenia, bipolar I or bipolar II disorder, and major depressive disorder with psychotic features;
Cognitive deficit and not thus being able to comprehend the informed consent and study procedure;
Patients with somatic, cognitive or other disorders preventing the use of the device (deafness, impaired vision, illiteracy….);