Aplicabilidade da inteligência artificial na psiquiatria: uma revisão de ensaios clínicos

Artificial intelligence (AI), enabled by technological advancement and improvement of computerized systems, aims to allow machines to mimic human capacities at increased speed and accuracy. AI has been shown to be as a useful and efficient tool within the health care scenario,with potentially significant applicability in psychiatry. The objective of this manuscript was to present and discuss the applicability of AI specifically in psychiatry, to help clarify its relevance in the medical practice. In order to do that, a data survey of clinical trials describing the use of AI in psychiatry was conducted, focusing on studies published in the 21st century on the following virtual databases: PubMed, Biblioteca Virtual de Saude, and MEDLINE. We observed that most of the clinical trials employing AI in psychiatry were conducted to predict pharmacological treatment, followed by other areas such as development of social skills and analysis of structural changes of the central nervous system. The application of AI to medicine represents significant innovations and advances in the field of psychiatry; however, so far, it is not yet a substitute for clinical evaluation.