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The worldwide epidemic of mental health problems has placed a significant strain on society and the healthcare system. Biomarkers and individualized treatment guidelines for mental illnesses are still lacking. For the purpose of psychiatric data analysis, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have gained popularity in recent years. The methods and applications of Machine Learning (ML) in precision psychiatry are discussed in depth in this article. We argue that the current method of diagnosing, predicting, monitoring, and treating mental illnesses will undergo a paradigm shift as a result of developments in cutting-edge technologies powered by ML. Future ML research opportunities are highlighted, as are the conceptual and practical difficulties in precision psychiatry that we discuss. Psychological well-being issues are a pandemic in the US and the world. A mental illness or psychiatric disorder affects nearly one in five adult Americans, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has had a significant impact on our way of life and a significant increase in negative mental health conditions caused by fear, worry, and uncertainty. Expanded selfdestruction rates, narcotic maltreatment, and energizer utilization have been seen in the two grown-ups and teens. The medical system and society have been burdened by mental health diagnosis and treatment. Depression-related economic damage is estimated to cost at least $210 billion annually in the United States alone. An innovative approach to tailoring disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment that takes into account the variations in subjects' genes, environments, and lifestyles is known as precision medicine or personalized medicine.

Quantitative Neurobiological Markers for Mental Disorders

Precision medicine, particularly oncology, has seen varying degrees of success in recent decades. Customary conclusions of psychological instabilities depend on actual tests, lab tests, and mental and conduct assessments. Precision psychiatry, on the other hand, has been getting more and more of the attention it deserves. Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies have the potential to alter the psychiatric landscape in the future, even though psychiatry has not yet fully benefited from them like other clinical specialties have. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) aims to address the variety of mental illnesses and offer a biology-based rather than symptom-based framework for comprehending these illnesses in terms of varying degrees of dysfunction in psychological or neurobiological systems; it endeavors to connect the force of multi-disciplinary like the hereditary qualities, neuroscience, and social science research draws near. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which is maintained by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and serves as the current gold standard for diagnosing and treating mental disorders, is frequently based on clinician observations, behavioral symptoms, and patient reports, all of which are subject to significant variation. As a result, it is crucial to develop quantitative neurobiological markers for mental disorders while taking into account the diversity and comorbidity of these conditions. Finding a connection between neurobiological/ neurophysiological findings and clinical behavioral/self-report observations is one important objective in neuropsychiatry research. Due to their strong predictive power and generalizability for prognosis and diagnosis applications, machine learning (ML) and AI have sparked growing interest in psychiatry. The interest of applying ML/man-made intelligence in psychiatry has filled consistently in the beyond twenty years, as reflected in the quantity of PubMed distributions. The so-called "digital psychiatry" focuses on developing ML/AI methods for assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental health issues in order to improve mental health outcomes using digital technologies. A new worldwide study has demonstrated that therapists were fairly distrustful that simulated intelligence could supplant human sympathy, yet all the same many anticipated that "man and machine" would progressively team up in endeavor clinical choices, and specialists were hopeful that simulated intelligence could further develop efficiencies and admittance to mental consideration and diminish costs.

Artificial Intelligence Tools for Accurate Neurostimulation

Numerous applications and reviews reflect the substantial growth of ML applications for psychiatry in the literature over the past two decades. Although there are a number of reviews of ML for psychiatry, the majority of them focus on relatively small areas. In an effort to provide an in-depth analysis of ML and ML-powered technologies used in mental health applications, we have written this paper. Our point of view is "modern" in the sense that new technologies, consumer demand, and public health crises like COVID-19 have constantly reshaped our thinking about precision psychiatry and redefined the role of machine learning. In particular, we will cover cutting edge systemic advancements in ML, multi-modular neuroimaging, huge scope circuit displaying, neuromodulation, and human-machine interface. Our literature review is not comprehensive because of space constraints. In order to set ourselves apart from other reviews, we will concentrate on a few issues that are essential to the ML applications for psychiatry: clinical and behavioral integration, as well as generalizability, interpretability, and causality. For a number of reasons, we are cautiously optimistic regarding this emerging field. First, there is a growing demand for psychiatrists to use ML to reevaluate clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging data as data and computational power grow. The industry's interest in funding for mental health has also significantly increased. Second, developing explainable artificial intelligence tools for accurate neurostimulation, personalized medicine recommendations, and objective risk diagnosis is becoming increasingly important. The reconciliation of ML with neuroimaging might possibly help us distinguish and approve biomarkers in analysis and treatment of dysfunctional behaviors. Thirdly, there is an increasing demand for psychiatrists in the United States, and the shortage is even worse in less developed nations. ML/AI technologies may alter psychiatry for patients and clinicians alike. Last but not least, cutting-edge technologies like social media, multi-media, mobile, and wearable devices necessitate the creation of ML/AI tools for the purpose of assisting in the evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment of people who are mentally ill or at risk. In the context of our current discussion, the terms ML and AI generally refer to a wide range of analytical or predictive tools that are intended to identify data patterns or structures; consequently, our discussion of ML also includes knowledge discovery and data mining. The terms ML and AI will now be used interchangeably throughout the paper.