Development of the Aiberry AI Mental Health Screening Platform in a Diverse Population

Aiberry is developing a proprietary AI platform that leverages machine learning to screen for mental illness using a multi-modal approach that fuses rich visual, audio, text, gestures, and eye gaze information. Our objective in this study is to validate algorithms that predict how individuals will respond to self-report questionnaires used to screen for major depressive disorder (MDD) and general anxiety disorder (GAD). Prior to enrollment, participants will participate in a baseline screening questionnaire to collect demographic information, health history, and current depression severity. If participants meet eligibility requirements and demographic recruitment targets, they will be invited to a single virtual study visit in which they will complete a 10-15 minute recorded interview with a study staff member along with three brief self-report questionnaires: 1) the Quick Inventory of Depression Symptoms Self Report (QIDS-SR-16), 2) the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and 3) the mini-version of the Mood and Anxiety Questionnaire (mini-MASQ), which will be used as a validity check that participant responses are consistent between this and the previous two questionnaires. We will evaluate how well the AI technology is able to predict self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety by analyzing facial, audio, and text features from interview videos.