Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
Sala Lauree Department of Psychology, Building U6/Agorà
Free admission
Speaker: Marco Cremaschi, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca
In recent years, ICT has transformed wide areas of medicine: interoperable health records, large-scale telemedicine, clinical decision support systems (CDSS) based on machine learning, and, more recently, advanced language models have improved efficiency, access, and quality of care. In the psychological domain, however, adoption remains more fragmented: effective tools exist for screening and monitoring, but they are often isolated; integration with clinical taxonomies (e.g., ICD-11, DSM-5) and guidelines is still partial; therapeutic continuity, digital triage, and outcome assessments are rarely orchestrated within unified ecosystems.
The seminar will provide an overview of emerging architectures and applications for mental health: platforms for tele-psychology and private practices, pipelines for clinical diaries and EMA, RAG systems on clinical classifications to support assessment, simulated “patients” for training and supervision, motivational apps with adherence mechanics, integration of physiological signals (e.g., EEG), and outcome dashboards embedded in clinical workflows.
Critical issues will be discussed, including data quality and standards (FHIR), clinical validation, bias, explainability, security and compliance (GDPR), and the metrics required to move from prototype to practice (safety, utility, usability, and impact).
Objective: to outline a realistic roadmap to bridge the gap between technological potential and the needs of psychology, enabling scalable and responsible adoption.
For information: Prof Angelo Maravita angelo.maravita@unimib.it