AI for Mental Health: Human Centered AI, Computer Vision Tools, and Passive Sensing - with Dr. Ehsan Adeli

This episode of What Makes Up Your Mind continues our mini-series on AI4MH, Stanford Psychiatry’s Special Initiative of the Chair, AI for Mental Health. This time, we delve into the newest frontiers of Human-Centered AI, Computer Vision Tools, Passive Sensing.Along with the meticulous training and testing of specialized Large Language Models for better and faster diagnoses of mental illnesses, our guest expert is also utilizing AI technology for catching the earliest, often undetected signs of cognitive decline with human trials already underway.Dr. Ehsan Adeli is a Stanford Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and of Biomedical Data Science. He co-directs the AI4MH Initiative, Directs the Stanford Translational Artificial Intelligence (STAI) in Medicine and Mental Health Lab, and shares leadership of Stanford’s AGILE Consortium which stands for Advancing Technology for Frailty and Longevity.Follow the links for more on Dr. Adeli and his work, including developing information on a public symposium focused on policies and ethics of using Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Medicine. And, listen to our other episodes in our AI4MH mini-series.About Dr. Ehsan Adeli: https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/ehsan-adeli and https://stanford.edu/~eadeli/AI4MH: https://med.stanford.edu/content/sm/psychiatry/special-initiatives/ai4mh.html/Stanford Translational AI Lab: https://stai.stanford.edu/Stanford AGILE Consortium: https://med.stanford.edu/ortho-agile.html2026 AI4MH Symposium - Foundations, Frontiers, and the Real World: Shaping AI’s role in mental health: https://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/special-initiatives/ai4mh/events/symposium2026.html