Depression is one of the top three leading causes of disability in industrialized countries, imposing an annual toll on U.S. businesses that amounts to billions of dollars in lost productivity, medical expenditures, and other costs and contributing to over two-thirds of reported suicides in the U.S. every year. What can we do to predict and prevent such a major mental health issue affecting millions of people around the world? Specifically, how can data science help with this issue?
- Michelle Brier
- Vincent Chen
- Romain Kakko-Chiloff
- Sophia Ouyang
- Flore Perillat-Piratoine