Behavioral Healthcare

How Data-Informed Risk Stratification Can Support Suicide Prevention

February 20, 2024 - As the mental health crisis in the United States persists, supporting patients and preventing adverse outcomes are top priorities for healthcare providers. However, the national behavioral health workforce shortage and access barriers to mental healthcare mean that many are unable to receive the care they need, a phenomenon with potentially life-threatening consequences. Listen to the...


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AI, VR ‘Therapist’ Demonstrates Potential for Mental Health Support

by Shania Kennedy

Cedars-Sinai researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven virtual reality (VR) tool to provide mental health support for patients with mild to moderate anxiety or depression,...

Federal AI Challenge Aims to Improve Patient Health Outcomes

by Mark Melchionna

Launched by the US General Services Administration (GSA), an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge aims to improve mental health, addiction care, health equity, healthcare supply chain and safety, and...

WHO: AI Models in Mental Health Services, Research Require Evaluation

by Mark Melchionna

Although there are potential benefits associated with using artificial intelligence (AI) to treat mental health conditions, many models require a review for bias, inaccuracies, over-optimism, and more,...

Predictive Analytics Tools Accurately Detect Pediatric Autism

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last week in JAMA Network Open describes how a set of EHR data-based predictive analytics tools can detect early autism using patient data collected before 1 year of age. According...

Risk Estimation Intervention Reveals Hurdles for Suicide Prevention

by Shania Kennedy

A mixed-methods quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open found that using suicide risk estimation analytics did not augment existing prevention practices as intended during routine...

Leveraging a Technology Accelerator to Drive Addiction Treatment Success

by Shania Kennedy

Effective treatments that lead to improved patient outcomes are what clinicians strive to provide for their patients across healthcare settings and specialties. But there may be many hurdles to treatment success depending on the condition,...

NIH Launches AI Program to Advance Biomedical, Behavioral Research

by Shania Kennedy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is investing $130 million over the next four years through the NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program to advance the use...

Crisis Management System to Support the 988 Suicide Lifeline

by Shania Kennedy

Healthcare technology solutions company Bamboo Health has developed a behavioral and mental health crisis system designed to support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and improve care delivery. The...

AI Pain Care Tool May Increase Access, Reduce Costs for Chronic Pain Patients

by Shania Kennedy

New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for chronic pain (AI-CBT-CP) had similar outcomes to standard...

Machine Learning Finds Potential Biomarkers Associated with Autism

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning tools identified patterns of maternal autoantibodies indicating the likelihood and severity of autism in children, according to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry. The team...

Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Risks of Schizophrenia

by Jessica Kent

In the largest-ever whole genome sequencing study of schizophrenia, researchers discovered that rare structural genetic variants could play a role in the development of the disorder. The findings...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Providers Choose Depression Therapies

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence tools may be able to help providers objectively diagnose and prescribe depression treatments based on analyses of brain activity, according to a study published in Nature...

Genetic Sequencing Study Identifies 102 Genes Associated with Autism

by Jessica Kent

Researchers conducted a large-scale genetic sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and identified 102 genes associated with the condition, which could help clinicians better understand ASD...

For Opioids and Substance Abuse, Big Data Analytics Is Just the Beginning

by Jennifer Bresnick

Fentanyl, heroin, prescription opioids, and a growing number of synthetic drugs killed more than 50,000 Americans in 2016.  It is a statistic that is hard to compute –numbing in its scope and staggering in the sheer complexity...