Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September last year, a World Health Organization (WHO) report revealed that India had the highest suicide rate in the South-East Asia region (India falls within WHO’s South-East Asia region group of countries). According to the report, Suicide In The World: Global Health Estimates, the suicide rate in India was pegged at 16.5 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016. Over the years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have been used to fill gaps in mental health care: be it the diagnosis or detection of the early signs of mental health issues. AI and its subfields are also being deployed to use social media to study predictors or early signs of mental health problems. You do things that only someone who is close to you and interacts with you (in the real world) would see."

Source: Mint January 24, 2020 15:00 UTC