AI-Based Mental Health Treatment in MP: BMHRC Signs MoU with Canada’s Orange Neurosciences

For the first time in Madhya Pradesh, mental illnesses will be treated with the help of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in BMHRC. For this, an agreement has been signed between Canadian company Orange Neurosciences and BMHRC (Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center). BMHRC will be the first institute in the state where mental illnesses will be treated with AI.

AI tools or web-based platforms will understand the disease. It will be used based on the symptoms of the patients. Digital cognitive therapy center will also be built. With the help of AI, psychiatrists will not only give advice to more patients but will also be able to treat them.

These tools are like video games

Director-in-charge Dr. Manisha Srivastava said that till now traditional methods like talking, filling forms, counseling etc. are used for identification and treatment of mental patients all over the world. Through this process, many times it takes a lot of time to identify the mental illness or problem of the patient. The patient coming to the hospital again and again is also a challenge in itself. Now such AI tools or web based platforms have been developed which help in understanding the patient's disease. These tools are like video games. With the help of these AI tools, many diseases like depression, attention deficit hyper disorder, autism, dyslexia etc. can be treated.