A team at Duke University School of Medicine has received a $15 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to improve and expand an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps catch early signs of mental health problems in teenagers and adolescents. The AI model, called the Duke Predictive Model of Adolescent Mental Health (Duke-PMA), analyzes data on behavior, emotions, and brain function to identify kids at high risk for mental illness even before symptoms appear. It looks at a range of easy to measure factors, like sleep patterns and family stress, and has already shown it can predict worsening mental health up to a year in advance with 84% accuracy in kids ages 10 to 15.
Original story by Susan Gallagher, Duke University School of Medicine
