Entry Date:
July 15, 2014

Fathom: Probabilistic Graphical Models to Help Mental Health Counselors


We explore advanced machine learning and reflective user interfaces to scale the national Crisis Text Line. We are using state-of-the-art probabilistic graphical topic models and visualizations to help a mental health counselor, extract patterns of mental health issues experienced by participants, and bring large scale data science to understanding the distribution of mental health issues in the United States.