Artificial intelligence (AI) can help improve mental health care in several ways: 1) AI can conduct assessments, therapy sessions, and e-therapy autonomously, as well as assist practitioners before, during or after sessions. 2) Sensors that analyze facial expressions, speech and other physical responses can provide additional insightful data for clinicians. 3) AI can take over administrative tasks like record keeping to free up clinicians' time for patients.

1. ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

2. Artificial intelligence
• (AI), sometimes known as machine intelligence, refers to the ability of computers to
perform human-like feats of cognition including learning, problem-solving,
perception, decision-making, and speech and language.
• Thanks to more advanced algorithms, data volumes, and computer power and storage, AI
evolved and expanded to include more sophisticated applications, such as self-driving
cars, improved fraud detection, and “personal assistants” like Siri and Alexa.
• Today, researchers are using AI to improve predictions, diagnoses, and treatments for
mental illnesses.
• The intersection of machine learning and computational psychiatry is rapidly creating more
precise, personalized mental health care.

3. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in
Psychology
• The term AI is typically used to describe both the “technology designed to perform
activities that normally require human intelligence” and the multidisciplinary field of
science concerned with understanding and developing that technology (Luxton, 2014).
• From robots to software distributed across networks, AI is now a commonly used term.
And while it can mean different levels of complexity and performance depending on the
context and the commentator, it emulates either complex human behavior or specialized
intelligent functions.
• Most importantly, AI can learn without being explicitly told how to do so.

4. How can AI help mental health professionals?
• Infrared imaging to recognize temperature changes
• Facial recognition to confirm a patient’s identity
• Optical sensing to analyze facial expression and eye blinking
• Vocal analysis to perceive subtle differences in speech characteristics
• Olfaction (smell) analysis to identify intoxication
• While AI can conduct therapy sessions, e-therapy sessions, and assessments autonomously,
• It can also assist human practitioners before, during, or after sessions.
• Physical assessments such as increased heart rate or temperature changes in response to
challenging questions can provide valuable and insightful additional data for the clinician.
• Not only that, recording data, managing record keeping, and triggering automatic follow-up
actions would free up valuable time for the human professional.
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5. • AI as an expert system
Expert systems were one of the first uses for AI within the medical field. While not everyone
agrees that expert systems qualify as AI, they undoubtedly assist decision making by
combining knowledge and expertise from professionals.
• Virtual worlds
Computer-generated simulated worlds, known as virtual reality (VR), offer a safe, cost-
effective environment for patients to explore their issues.
• Computer games
Computer games have successfully increased engagement with reluctant patients and
encouraged treatment adherence. The online computer game Second Life has been
successfully trialed as a vehicle for virtual coaching and directed gameplay to enable the
patient to practice new skills (Linden Research, 2013; Luxton, 2014).

6. Advantages of Artificial Intelligence
1) Reduction in Human Error
Example: In Weather Forecasting using AI they have reduced the majority of human error.
2) Takes risks instead of Humans
Example: Have you heard about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in
Ukraine? At that time there were no AI-powered robots that can help us to minimize the
effect of radiation by controlling the fire in early stages, as any human went close to the
core was dead in a matter of minutes. They eventually poured sand and boron from
helicopters from a mere distance.
AI Robots can be used in such situations where intervention can be hazardous.
3) Available 24x7
Example: Educational Institutes and Helpline centers are getting many queries and issues
which can be handled effectively using AI.

7. 4) Helping in Repetitive Jobs
Example: In banks, we often see many verifications of documents to get a loan which is
a repetitive task for the owner of the bank.
• Using AI Cognitive Automation the owner can speed up the process of verifying the
documents by which both the customers and the owner will be benefited.
5) Digital Assistance
Example: We all know that organizations have a customer support team that needs to
clarify the doubts and queries of the customers.
• Using AI the organizations can set up a Voice bot or Chatbot which can help customers
with all their queries.

8. 6) Faster Decisions
Using AI alongside other technologies we can make machines take decisions faster than a
human and carry out actions quicker. While taking a decision human will analyze many
factors both emotionally and practically but AI-powered machine works on what it is
programmed and delivers the results in a faster way.
7) Daily Applications
Daily applications such as Apple’s Siri, Window’s Cortana, Google’s OK Google are
frequently used in our daily routine whether it is for searching a location, taking a selfie,
making a phone call, replying to a mail and many more.
8) New Inventions
AI is powering many inventions in almost every domain which will help humans solve the
majority of complex problems.

9. Disadvantages
1) High Costs of Creation:
2) Making Humans Lazy
3) Unemployment
4) No Emotions
5) Lacking Out of Box Thinking