Mental health and depression have always been taboo subjects across the world, primarily because of their unmeasurable nature. However, we have seen many tech companies and researchers take the necessary steps to tackle and track the mental health of affected patients. And now, scientists have developed certain video games that can help doctors treat patients with depression.
A UK-based mental health-focused platform named Thymia has developed a special platform that uses special video games to diagnose, monitor, and treat depression patients. The games are based on Neuropsychology. They are then combined with analyses of facial microexpressions and speech patterns of the patients to assess their mental health.
The company then uses Neuropsychological games to gather a user’s cognitive behaviors like error rates, reaction times, and memory. Along with the games, Thymia uses anonymized facial features to look for depression signs. It also gathers audio data of patients to detect signs of depression using speech.
