The growing trend of tech-based solutions is improving the accuracy and speed of mental health diagnoses. One such initiative is Senseye, a Texas-based mental health platform that is testing a phone app that measures how people’s eyes respond to visual tasks to detect PTSD. This technology aims to bring research out of the lab and into therapists’ offices and patients’ homes.
Another digital tool that is being used by various health systems, schools, criminal justice systems, and clinical offices is Clinicom. This adaptive assessment tool screens for over 80 mental health conditions in five languages using augmented intelligence. Clinicom efficiently and accurately assesses the full picture of a patient’s presentation, reducing false positives and negatives. The ability to screen an entire school district or state in a day with Clinicom is seen as a significant advancement in mental health diagnosis.
Christopher Lucas, a psychiatrist at Upstate Medical University, mentioned in an open letter that Clinicom feels like it’s listening, which helps build trust with those being assessed. Handal, a user of Clinicom, noted that the tool feels like it’s listening, which helps build trust with those being assessed.