Press conference on CU Medicine-developed app proves effective in assessing depression

Press conference on CU Medicine-developed app proves effective in assessing depression

Depression is the leading health-related burden globally, affecting an estimated 300 million people. In Hong Kong, the prevalence of depression was about 8.3% according to the 2015 Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey. The current gold standard for the diagnosis of depression relies on clinical evaluation, but mental health services are insufficient to meet the demand in a lot of regions, including Hong Kong. The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has developed a mobile depression assessment app that deploys multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) analysis, which means using AI to analyse the user’s multimodal data, including facial expressions, voice, language and subjective mood state, as well as rest-activity statistics, measured using actigraphy. CUHK researchers proved the new technology is effective in diagnosing depression. The findings were recently published in Translational Psychiatry.

 

Media Coverage:

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32. This app can predict moods (The Standard Education 25 June 2024)

 

For more details of the study:

University Website:
(English) https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press/cu-medicine-developed-app-proves-effective-in-assessing-depression/
(Chinese) https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/press/cu-medicine-developed-app-proves-effective-in-assessing-depression/

Faculty Website:
(English) https://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/press-releases/cu-medicine-developed-app-proves-effective-in-assessing-depression
(Chinese) https://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/press-releases/cu-medicine-developed-app-proves-effective-in-assessing-depression

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