Demystifying the Role of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Mental Health

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is transforming mental health care by enabling early detection, diagnosis, and intervention for conditions such as depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation. Advanced AI models like BioBERT and Med-BERT help analyze speech patterns, cognitive behaviors, and psychological markers to support medical practitioners in providing more effective and timely care. By leveraging deep learning and AI-driven assessments, NLP can enhance behavioral monitoring, improve treatment personalization, and optimize mental health interventions. As global mental health challenges continue to rise, integrating NLP into healthcare systems presents a crucial step toward more accessible, data-driven, and proactive mental health support. Demystifying the Role of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Mental Health explores the latest advancements in NLP for mental health care, highlighting its role in diagnosing and treating conditions like depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation. It examines AI-driven models, speech analysis, and behavioral monitoring techniques that enhance early intervention and personalized treatment strategies. Covering topics such as suicidal identification, emotional recognition, and patient response, this book is an excellent resource for mental health practitioners, medical practitioners, social workers, computer scientists, professionals, researchers, scholars, academicians, and more.

Dr. Ashutosh Mishra received his B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India, in 2008. He completed his M.Tech. in Microelectronics & VLSI Design from the National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India, in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2018. He has served as an Assistant Professor in Electronics & Communication Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India. Dr. Mishra was awarded the Korea Research Fellowship (KRF) in 2019 by the National Research Foundation of Korea through the Ministry of Science & ICT, South Korea. He also worked as a Brain Pool Fellow in the Seamless Transportation Lab at Yonsei University, South Korea. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at BITS Pilani, Dubai, UAE. His research interests include smart sensors, intelligent systems, autonomous vehicles, convergence technology, and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Satya Prakash Yadav (FIETE & SMIEEE) is currently the Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, U.P., India and has completed his Postdoctoral Research Fellow from Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará, Brazil. He has been awarded his PhD degree from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) (formerly UPTU). Currently, 6 students are working for Ph.D. under his guidance. A seasoned academician having more than 18 years of experience, he has published four books (Programming in C, Programming in C++ and Blockchain and Cryptocurrency) under I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Including Distributed Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Published December 18, 2020 by CRC Press. He has undergone industrial training programs during which he was involved in live projects with companies in the areas of SAP, Railway Traffic Management Systems, and Visual Vehicles Counter and Classification (used in the Metro rail network design). He is an alumnus of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Delhi University. A prolific writer, Dr. Satya Prakash Yadav has published six patents and authored many research papers in web of science indexed journals. Additionally, His area of specialisation is in the areas of Image Processing, Information retrieval and Features extraction. Also, he is a Editor in Chief in Journal of Cyber Security in Computer System & Journal of Soft Computing and Computational Intelligence (MAT journals), Series Editor in DeGruyter International Publisher, Bentham Science and CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group Publisher (U.S.A), Lead Editor in Tech Science Press (Computer Systems Science and Engineering), International Journal of Experimental Research and Review, Measurement: Sensors (Elsevier Publisher), International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration (IJATEE) Journal of Electrical Systems (JES) and Journal of Advances in Information Technology (JAIT).

Manoj Kumar obtained his Ph.D. Computer Science from The Northcap University, Gurugram. He did his B. Tech in computer science from Kurukshetra University. He obtained M. Sc. (Information Security and Forensics) degree from ITB, Dublin in and M. Tech from ITM University. Mr. Kumar has 9.5+ years of experience in research and academics. He published over 29 publications in reputed journals and conferences. He published 2 books and 5 patents with his team. Presently, Mr. Kumar is working on the post of assistant professor (SG), (SoCS) in university of petroleum and energy studies, Dehradun. He is a member of various professional bodies and reviewed for many reputed journals. He is Editorial Board Member in The International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT), Jordon and Journal of Computer Science Research, Singapore. He is recognized as Quarterly Franklin Member (QFM) by London Journal Press from March 2019 onwards and Bentham Ambassador (India) on behalf of Bentham Science Publisher. He delivered various key speech and talks in national and international forums. He got best researcher award 2020 from ScenceFather research community.