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AI in mental health
Abstract
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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“A number of mobile apps for mental health are available in app stores that have incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies into their service [16–18].”
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Metadata
- 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)
- 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
- 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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