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New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
AI's role in mental health grows, sparks expert concern
BENGALURU: As the usage of AI is expanding to address the concerns of mental health, stress and other related issues, the experts pointed out that there is a need to understand that how various tools are being used, the type of information it is disseminating. Dr Prabha S Chandra, Professor and Head of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, said, the information has its positive and negative sides. She informed that patients are using AI as a convenient tool for them to seek solutions. Experts said people are validating the use of AI as they are not comfortable sharing their personal details with strangers, they fear being judged. The age group that is using AI is between 18-25 years. Conversation is essential to beat mental health issues. On one hand, it can reduce the load on therapists, but on the other, there is a need to understand and evaluate the process as in the long run, this will have adverse consequences, said ADBS coordinator and principal investigator, NIMHANS, Dr Sanjeev Jain. Officials in the Karnataka health department said that AI was becoming a challenge for them to reach out to people in peri-urban and rural areas as people are using AI to seek solutions to their problems. 'The solutions AI gives cannot be used for all, as one size does not fit all. The number of people approaching us is less,' said a mental health expert working with the health department. IISc, Centre for Brain Research experts said, 'Use of AI is affecting the cognitive skills and brain development. Now people are already stressed because of their over-dependence on it.' Dr Ajit V Bhide, noted consultant psychiatrist and former president of the Indian Psychiatry Society said, it should never be recommended as the first choice, especially when seeking medication.
BBC News
05-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
UK's first patient to trial Parkinson's implant says it is life-changing
The first patient in the UK to have an implant placed in his brain which "counteract symptoms of Parkinson's" says he no longer feels like he has the Morgan, 51, was diagnosed with Parkinson's at 33 years old after noticing changes in his handwriting and his movements slowing undergoing Adaptive Deep Brain Simulation (ADBS), which saw a wire inserted between his chest and head, he said the benefits were immediate. Mr Morgan, who is from Bristol and lives in Cardiff, said the treatment has been "life-changing". The technology was switched on in January as part of a trial at Southmead implant has technology inside which can work out when Mr Morgan's symptoms are about to show and suppress told BBC Radio Bristol it is "like not having Parkinson's" any more. 'I can enjoy my hobbies again' "They switch it on and they have you walk up and down the corridor, and you can feel the difference. You feel balanced," he device sends a small electrical signal to the tip of the wires into the brain, and that electricity changes the Morgan said it is "constantly reading the brainwaves" and "it's like having a mini computer in my body".He said: "My right arm wouldn't swing before but it does now. It's been life-changing. "One of my hobbies is fly-fishing and standing in rivers, silly things like that. I can do that now." Mihaela Boca, a consultant neurologist at Southmead Hospital, said the device is "a bit like having a pacemaker in the brain rather than the heart"."By having this electricity delivered into the brain, you're essentially getting your [condition] treated without having medication," she said."We are now in the future, as it were."More than 150,000 people are thought to be living with the disease which impacts mobility, speech, focus, sleep and number is expected to increase due to population growth and treatment is expected to be rolled out this year.
