Telemedicine and AI in Evidence Based Therapy

You flinch in your lumpy couch on a weekday afternoon. Your therapist texts you to find out how your day has been. You tell her the usual: work is as monotonous as ever, you're exercising somewhat regularly for around 20 minutes and not eating as many cookies as you did earlier. Your favorite TV series announced it's last season, and you're both excited and upset. Then, you divert your attention to a better thought, analyze a series of thoughts, and monitor your progress based on exercises that your therapist recommended.

A few days later, you find your thoughts becoming a mess all over again. You coil on your couch, shakily pull up a warm blanket, and take a deep breath. You look for help searching apps in the App Store that help you to calm you down.

Welcome to tech-powered evidence-based psychotherapy: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to help!

Why AI for Evidence-Based therapies?

The number of people in the U.S. with mental health concerns- whether big or small, has doubled in the last decade. The U.S. spends $2.4 trillion on mental health annually, 1 in 5 people have a mental illness in this country, and up to 74% of mental health problems begin to occur by the age of 24.