SilverCloud Health Collaborates with Microsoft in Pioneering Artificial Intelligence Research to Deliver More Effective Digital Mental Healthcare

SilverCloud Health, the world's leading digital mental health company, today officially announced its research collaboration with Microsoft to further enhance its online offering with artificial intelligence (AI). SilverCloud and Microsoft have been working together over the past 18 months conducting research that combines Microsoft's cutting-edge machine learning and AI technologies with SilverCloud's expertise in real-world delivery of evidence-based interventions and mental health outcomes. Mental illness is a significant disease and economic burden; one in four adults globally are affected by a diagnosable mental health condition in any given year but access to mental healthcare is often unavailable because of long wait times or under-staffed care organizations. The delivery of care online helps to overcome these barriers. SilverCloud's digital mental health platform is deployed globally in routine clinical care providing coverage to 65 million people today.