AI-powered platform from Thymia expands to four continents

An AI-powered platform from start-up Thymia that uses video games to improve the speed and accuracy of mental health assessments is set to roll out internationally this month to test its effectiveness at scale and across cultures. can be tested.

Teahyemia Created by UK scientists, it uses video game-inspired activities and artificial intelligence to help clinicians accurately and objectively assess symptoms of mental health conditions. It has been tested by thousands of patients in the UK to improve its performance.

The AI ​​mental health start-up will expand to mental health clinics and mental wellness providers in the UK, Spain, Brazil, Indonesia, Greece, Nigeria and the US.

Patients play specially designed video games and then neuropsychology, linguistics and machine learning are applied to detect signs of mental illness and determine how well people are responding to treatment over time. Are.

The device will analyze patients’ voice, facial expressions, movements and behavior to determine if the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a mental health condition. The platform can detect clinical symptoms of depression, anxiety and ADHD as well as non-clinical indicators of mental health such as levels of tiredness, stress, agitation and self-esteem.

According to the company, the Thymia platform can dramatically reduce the time it takes for diagnosis, allowing physicians to make the right interventions earlier, as well as alert them to changes in symptoms between appointments.

Dr. Emilia Moulimpakis, CEO and co-founder of Thymia, said: “We have tested the platform extensively in the UK and have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from patients. The next step is scaling up so we can see how different patient groups respond and prove the platform’s value in different countries and cultures.

“Our platform is language agnostic, which means it could completely change how mental health and well-being is assessed and monitored globally.”

According to Molympakis the platform also has the potential to monitor people’s mental health when they gamble; increasing the mental health support offered in corporate wellness packages by making them more targeted; and improve the efficacy of digital mental wellness apps by allowing providers to measure their effectiveness.

The platform uses multimodal ethical AI to deliver a more accurate picture of a patient’s mental health. Models developed using Thymia’s proprietary data set of more than one billion data points collected from more than 5,000 individuals with depression, generalized anxiety, ADHA and health age-, gender- and language-matched controls.

It is the largest dataset of its kind globally, and only AI models exist that combine voice, video and behavioral data in this way.

Molympakis said: “Throughout the next year We will work closely with our new partner clinics and wellness providers to monitor patient progress and collect feedback from physicians and users on their experiences interacting with the platform.

“This feedback will be invaluable as we continue to expand into new countries and user groups in the coming months, and also develop the platform to identify a wider range of mental health conditions, including dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and autism.”