Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling systems that augment and collaborate
with humans to perform simple, mechanistic tasks such as scheduling meetings and …

Online peer-to-peer support platforms enable conversations between millions of people who
seek and provide mental health support. If successful, web-based mental health …

Talk therapy is a common, effective, and desirable form of mental health treatment. Yet, it is
inaccessible to many people. Enabling peers to chat online using effective principles of talk …

Millions of users come to online peer counseling platforms to seek support on diverse topics
ranging from relationship stress to anxiety. However, studies show that online peer support …

Background Conversational agents cannot yet express empathy in nuanced ways that
account for the unique circumstances of the user. Agents that possess this faculty could be …

There are a wealth of different internet-based treatments available that are commonly
classified into two categories: live, real time video therapy–such as telepsychiatry using …

The digitization of mental health care holds promises of affordable and ubiquitously
available treatment, eg, with conversational agents (chatbots). While technology can guide …

Barriers to accessing mental health care leave the majority of people with mental illnesses
without professional care. Peer support has been shown to address gaps in care, and could …

Empathy is critical to successful mental health support. Empathy measurement has
predominantly occurred in synchronous, face-to-face settings, and may not translate to …

Mental illness is a global health problem, but access to mental healthcare resources remain
poor worldwide. Online peer-to-peer support platforms attempt to alleviate this fundamental …