Inside Precision Medicine December 9, 2025
Asked and Answered—Matt Williams Chats with Thomas Insel, MD, and Jon Nelson
Precision mental health innovations that harness artificial intelligence (AI), data, smartphones, and wearable devices capable of real-time measurement can detect, diagnose, treat, and care for individuals with mental health conditions more effectively than ever before. These technologies have the potential to address a burgeoning global mental health crisis that current human resources cannot solve.
Thomas Insel, MD, is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, consulting professor at Stanford University, previous head of the National Institute of Mental Health, active founder or partner in multiple mental health technology startups, and author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health. Jon Nelson is a survivor of treatment-resistant depression dedicated to...







