On Topic with IU -- Studying mental illness and suicidal risk with machine learning

01/11/2021 29 min
On Topic with IU -- Studying mental illness and suicidal risk with machine learning

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Episode Synopsis

Researchers at Indiana University's School of Social Work are using machine learning to study thousands of cases of adults -- using anonymized data from the Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment -- to help those coping with mental health issues, identify intersections mental health illness and suicidal ideation and develop a suicidal prevention/recovery model within the mental health system.

Drs. Betty Walton and Saahoon Hong join us to talk about their innovative approach.



Dr. Walton's bio: https://socialwork.iu.edu/FacultyAndStaff/profile.php?id=Walton_Betty_beawalto

Dr. Hong's bio: https://socialwork.iu.edu/faculty-staff/profile/hong_saahoon/

You can find more about their work here: https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/26724/Hong2021Examining-the-intersection.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y