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MoodCapture, an app with AI that can detect depression onset from facial cues, accurately diagnosed 75% of participants in a study with early symptoms of depression.
Dartmouth investigators developed the first smartphone application using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect the onset of depression—based solely on facial expressions.1
“If we can use this to predict and understand the rapid changes in depression symptoms, we can ultimately head them off and treat them,” said investigator Nicholas Jacobson, assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry at Dartmouth’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, in a press release.2 “The more in the moment we can be, the less profound the impact of depression will be.”
The promising results suggest the smartphone app could...
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