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AI in mental health

D’Alfonso, Simon·2020·Current Opinion in Psychology

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With the advent of digital approaches to mental health, modern artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning in particular, is being used in the development of prediction, detection and treatment solutions for mental health care. In terms of treatment, AI is being incorporated into digital interventions, particularly web and smartphone apps, to enhance user experience and optimise personalised mental health care. In terms of prediction and detection, modern streams of abundant data mean that data-driven AI methods can be employed to develop prediction/detection models for mental health conditions. In particular, an individual's 'digital exhaust', the data gathered from their numerous personal digital device and social media interactions, can be mined for behavioural or mental health insights. Language, long considered a window into the human mind, can now be quantitatively harnessed as data with powerful computer-based natural language processing to also provide a method of inferring mental health. Furthermore, natural language processing can also be used to develop conversational agents used for therapeutic intervention.

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Authors: D’Alfonso, S.
Affiliations: The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author: D’Alfonso, Simon
ORCID: D’Alfonso, Simon
Venue: Current Opinion in Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2020-12
Volume: 36
Pages: 112-117
ISSN: 2352-250X (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.04.005
OpenAlex: W3033626851
Semantic Scholar: 56db71460c2742ae968f5030a318c156f9979b14
Cited by: 408
References: 53
Citations by year: 2026: 84 · 2025: 133 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 7
FWCI: 4.27
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Current Opinion in Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Emotion and Mood Recognition
Keywords: artificial intelligence in mental health, machine learning, digital mental health interventions, mobile application, online intervention, mental health prediction, mental health detection, social media data, natural language processing, chatbots, therapeutic chatbots
MeSH terms: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Mental Disorders, Communication, Humans, Mental Health

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