Artificial Intelligence and Technological Development in Behavioral and Mental Healthcare

Abstract

The world is witnessing an increase in mental disorders and with the current rate, this is expected to rise. Physiological, environmental, and biological factors combined play an essential function in causing mental illnesses. As a matter of fact, if mental health problems are not addressed properly, it will give rise to a tremendous burden of diseases around the globe because with estimated surveys, one in five adults worldwide is already suffering from mental disorders. Leveraging artificial intelligence techniques allows formulating risk models for determining an individual's risk of developing mental illness and provides the potential for the betterment of pre-diagnosis screening tools. People who are unaware of the term AI may picture intelligent machines as driverless cars, drones, or ironman suits while others might imagine it as some sort of mysterious robotic computer confined to scientific advancement which will emerge in the future eventually. But the psychological and mental healthcare are also getting benefits from the development in AI such as computer work for studying, recognizing and analyzing that can help doctors with identifying the diseases and treat the patient accordingly. Instead of therapists, artificially intelligent virtual humans are also being used nowadays that can communicate with care searchers and come up with treatment solutions. In the review, modern hi tech advancements are highlighted in order to display appearing potentiality and to furnish a glance of innovations on the outlook. Many practical benefits have also been discussed afterward which machine technology introduce to psychological well-being care accompanying further deliberations.