Applications of artificial intelligence technologies on mental health research during COVID 19
The coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic has impacted mental health globally. It is essential to deploy advanced research methodologies that may use complex data to draw meaningful inferences facilitating mental health research and policymaking during this pandemic. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies offer a wide range of opportunities to leverage advancements in data sciences in analyzing health records, behavioral data, social media contents, and outcomes data on mental health. Several studies have reported the use of several AI technologies such as vector machines, neural networks, latent Dirichlet allocation, decision trees, and clustering to detect and treat depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, and other mental health problems. The applications of such technologies in the context of COVID 19 is still under development, which calls for further deployment of AI technologies in mental health research in this pandemic using clinical and psychosocial data through technological partnerships and collaborations. Lastly, policy level commitment and deployment of resources to facilitate the use of robust AI technologies for assessing and addressing mental health problems during the COVID 19 pandemic.