The Data Powering AI Solutions in Mental Health

AI technologies hold the potential to transform many aspects of mental health care. Across use cases – from screening and diagnosis to monitoring and treatment – the transformative power of AI derives from its ability to leverage massive amounts of data from multiple sources and make it more actionable. In doing so, AI can identify meaningful patterns and generate insights to support better decision-making for clinicians and patients.^{1, 2} This means earlier detection of mental illness, enhanced quality of care, better medication management, improvements in treatment adherence, improved care coordination, and ultimately, improved outcomes, reduced costs, and less suffering.