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Study explores use of AI to treat patients with depression
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32116
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , neuroimaging , psychology , psychiatry , disease , medicine , clinical psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to help treat depression? Researchers from a Costa Mesa, California–based clinic think it can and have conducted research to explain how AI can be used to determine which depressed patients are likely to get better and which aren't. Depression remains an important risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, yet few neuroimaging biomarkers are available to identify treatment response in depression, researchers stated.