Data61, the innovation arm of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has used artificial intelligence (AI) and gamification to help psychiatrists and other clinicians accurately diagnose patients with mental health disorders and help improve overall mental health research. Speaking to ZDNet during D61 Live in Sydney on Wednesday, lead author of the research Amir Dezfouli said the idea for the research brings together his two areas of specialty: neuroscience and AI. "We know from neuroscience that most of the mental health disorders affect how we make decisions. One of the easiest ways to assess that is to complete a simple task or – in this case – a simple computer game, which allows us to record a patient's behaviour," he said. "We then use machine learning AI to analyse this complex data set. This gives us an idea about the underlying pathology and gives us a diagnosis of mental health disorders."