Category: Artificial Intelligence
Wysa: Transforming Mental Health Through AI-Driven Support
Wysa is a global leader in AI-driven mental health support, available both to individuals, through employer benefits programmes and healthcare services. We believe access to support should be available whenever people need it. Stigma prevails, so we take away the
Q&A: The Potential Implications of AI on Healthcare Disparities
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted disparities in healthcare throughout the U.S. over the past several years. Now, with the rise of AI, experts are warning developers to remain cautious while implementing models to ensure those inequities are not exacerbated.
Can A.I. Treat Mental Illness?
In the nineteen-sixties, Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at M.I.T., created a computer program called Eliza. It was designed to simulate Rogerian therapy, in which the patient directs the conversation and the therapist often repeats her language back to her.
Amid Therapy Waitlists, New AI Coach may be Quicker Option
The growth of artificial intelligence has drawn praise as well as anxiety and skepticism. But researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and their colleagues have found that their AI app appears to be useful in treating anxiety and depression.
3 Things to Know Before Talking to ChatGPT about Your Mental Health
People are using ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence for advice on their mental health, even though it wasn’t designed for that. While the chatbot is knowledgeable about mental health it can’t be relied upon for an accurate diagnosis,
Four Ways Artificial Intelligence is Improving Mental Health Therapy
The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental healthcare is an expanding area. From a clinician’s point of view, AI can be utilised to keep therapy standards high, refine diagnoses, monitor patient’s progress, and justify therapy options that avoid medicating
AI for Health Can’t Leave Older People Behind, Says WHO
A policy brief from the World Health Organization offers strategies for combating ageism and bias in machine learning technologies. The brief, “Ageism in artificial intelligence for health,” proposes a wide range of measures to ensure older people are effectively engaged
Crossing the Digital Divide: AI and Mental Health
With a standard scientific information database like PubMed, even an unrefined set of search terms like “AI” or “artificial intelligence” or “machine learning” in combination with “mental health” or “psychiatry” will yield an increasing number of “hits” for publications involving
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