As suicide rates spike, new AI platform could 'fill the gap' in mental health care, say Boston researchers

Psychiatrist Dr. Carl Marci, managing director of mental health and neuroscience at OM1 in Boston, told Fox News Digital how his firm's new AI platform could help improve patient care. Suicide is now the 11th leading cause of death in the country -- and the second among people between 10 and 35 years of age and fifth among those aged 35 to 54, per the report. As the need for mental health care escalates, the U.S. is struggling with a shortage of providers. To help fill this gap, some medical technology companies have turned to artificial intelligence as a means of possibly making providers' jobs easier and patient care more accessible. CHATGPT FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: CAN THE AI CHATBOT MAKE THE PROFESSIONALS' JOBS EASIER?