Hands-on AI in Precision Psychiatry

September 23, 2025

Overview

Artificial intelligence techniques are increasingly applied to precision psychiatry, assisting in the estimation of health risks, aiding in diagnosis, recommending treatment planning, and supporting the scientific publication process. This workshop will focus on AI techniques for routinely collected electronic health record data, as well as emerging generative AI methods for more complex modalities such as clinical notes and patient conversations.

In this 5-hour workshop, we will explore 3 core aspects of AI: supervised machine learning for risk prediction (e.g. boosting, SHAP, ensembling, and AutoML), deep learning for complex understanding of patients (e.g. Q&A of clinical notes, facial emotion tracking), and generative AI to support scientific research (e.g. AI-assisted literature reviews, SQL code, and summarization).

Each of these sections will feature high-level overviews of essential techniques to build understanding, combined with hands-on running of pre-written code in small groups to make these concepts tangible. Participants will take home high-quality notebooks in R and Python for use in their own projects (or sharing with collaborators), a set of key articles to further explore each technique, as well as a more concrete understanding of emerging opportunities for AI in precision psychiatry.

Please note additional details, including a breakdown of the workshop structure, information about course instructors, and supplementary workshop materials, will be provided.

Target Audience

This workshop is intended for a broad audience, including graduate students, researchers, and clinicians with an interest in machine learning and generative AI applications in mental health. No prior experience is required.

Prerequisites

None. Small groups will be formed that include individuals with and without coding expertise.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the basic principles of supervised machine learning, including popular algorithms like XGBoost, SHAP variable importance, and hyperparameter tuning
  • Gain intuition for what is distinctive about generative AI and how it differs from standard machine learning
  • Recognize emerging opportunities and clinical use cases for deep learning in psychiatry
  • Gain familiarity with user-friendly AI tools that can assist in scientific research, and associated ethical considerations

Contact:

For any questions on registration please email mghctrprecisionpsych@mgh.harvard.edu.

Course summary
Registration opens: 
03/01/2025
Course closes: 
12/24/2025
Event starts: 
09/23/2025 - 10:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/23/2025 - 3:30pm EDT
Cost:
$300.00
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Cost:
$300.00
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This optional workshop supplements the 5th Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry: Innovation to Implementation. Space is limited, and the cost is in addition to the registration fees to attend the conference.

This workshop is not eligible for further discounting than what is indicated above.