Mental Health: Can we use AI to cure it?

 

Using AI for Mental Health and Awareness

Guys , sometimes the questions like "How do you feel about yourself?", "How do you view life as?", "Do you love the world?", etc. may seem to you as some general questions which a person can ask his/her friend and you might have not taken it seriously and have just tossed it over. But, the same questions can be very crucial for a person suffering from depression or any other mental condition and your answer can have a major effect upon his/her life. 

So, in today's life with too many advancements and very busy schedules of people, Mental Health has become a topic of great concern. Hence, today upon request of one of our readers, we will be talking about mental health, its awareness and how AI can be used to help people suffering from the same.

Introduction

According to the "World Health Organization(WHO)", Mental Health is defined as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”.

There are instances where a person is having some Mental Health issue but doesn't realize.

What RadientBrain feels is one of the main contributor of unbalanced Mental Health

Here we are telling what RadientBrain feels is one of the main contributor of unbalanced Mental Health so opinions may vary and this should not be taken

As, today's generation is progressing very rapidly due to which most of the individuals are always busy with their work and doesn't enjoy their time much due to which they become emotionally disturbed and can't handle even the regular stresses of life which leads to mental health issues.

Also, as the Joint families are becoming Nuclear families, they forget the regular cheers of life and how to enjoy them even in the position of high tension.

Can AI be used for helping such people?

The concept of help differs from person to person but we can agree as the help can be defined for such people where we are able to reduce their mental wars within themselves.

Here AI can also play a vital role for such help. There are many researchers which are working on helping such people through AI and hope to improve their mental health.

Here are some examples on how we can use AI for the help:

1. As the AI applications can be made available 24/7 so such programs can be used that take user responses on some questions and provide them with a personalized solution. 
2. Also as many people don't want to share their personal problems with the consultants in counselling so we can use AI which can be used by such users anonymously.
3. AI based Chat-bots can be used for talking and relieving stress.

Some AI apps for the help

Examples of such AI Technologies which are working towards such a cause are:

1. Wysa
2. WoeBot
3. Youper
4. Tess

 These above apps help to manage emotions, thoughts and offer care to people suffering from various mental ailments by mimicking a human conversation and providing companionship.

Conclusion

While using AI is good and we must sometimes use it in the times of needing help but they have their own limitations and as of now AI doesn't have the capacity to replace a human practitioner and one must always seek a human consultant and interact with the world and enjoy the beauty of the world.

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Thought of the day:

• One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn't fall apart.

— Linda Poindexter

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