Tech companies tapping artificial intelligence to treat and predict mental health disorders

Behavioural health tech provider Holmusk is banking on that, partnering authorities in Singapore to develop a suite of digital tools for hospitals and clinics. One solution the firm is looking to introduce is a "smart pill" to track when patients forget or skip their medication. How that works, is through a small, grain-sized biosensor embedded within the pill, and a sticky patch on the patient's body that can detect when the pill is ingested. The technology is approved in the United States. "Let's say schizophrenia, depression patients with some psychosis – not taking the pill for a few days can be bad enough to drive them off the cliff. And if you knew that they have stopped taking the pill two days in a row, you can intervene. You can catch them early", chief analytics officer of Holmusk, Joydeep Sarkar, told CNA.