Police have become the de facto mental health responders across the country, often with tragic results. Most strategies to deal with mental health calls focus on shifting funds to social services, creating diversion programs and better training for officers. Experts say the solution relies on a combination of efforts.
It’s highly unlikely that artificial intelligence will ever become intelligent enough to completely replace humans in the workplace—let alone overthrow the entire population in a sci-fi-style rebel | The natural language processing model was found to be just as capable as human psychiatrists in spotting certain “cognitive distortions” that may indicate a decline in mental health, suggesting that the AI could serve as a useful tool in triaging patients in an increasingly overtaxed healthcare system.
Brave Health, a virtual-first behavioral health provider focused on serving Medicaid patients, has rapidly grown in the past three years. | Brave Health developed virtual mental health services to connect Medicaid patients with therapists, psychiatric providers and peer support specialists. The startup nabbed $40 million in fresh cash to expand into markets and build out its technology.