Machine learning voice tool trialled to help manage depression

Green Door Clinic – a specialist mental health clinic based in the Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA) – is trialling a machine learning tool that tracks voice changes in a new way to manage depression. One problem with managing major depression is that patients and clinicians often lack a robust way to monitor the progression of the illness over time. Large gaps between consultations means it can be difficult for patients to remember or monitor how they have been feeling between each session. Information can be missed out and this problem can be magnified if a patient sees several clinicians. Affect.AI is a voice-based AI tool that has been developed to address this challenge.