AI in healthcare has accelerated dramatically, transforming radiology, genomics, and oncology, but psychiatry has remained largely untouched by this precision-medicine revolution. Existing suicide-risk algorithms focus on static, historical predictors and yield probabilistic scores that clinicians describe as “informative but not actionable.†At the same time, breakthroughs in liquid biopsies and mitochondrial DNA (cf-mtDNA) biomarkers are revealing that psychiatric crises may have measurable molecular signatures. Yet, no current platform meaningfully integrates biological and computational signals into a clinician-usable, real-time decision support system.
This talk introduces Proteus-AI, a new precision-behavioral-health framework designed to bridge that gap. This talk will synthesize current evidence from AI/ML in psychiatry, digital phenotyping, cf-mtDNA biomarker research, and implementation science. The Proteus-AI framework layers:
1) Explainable AI trained on longitudinal EHR trajectories; 2) Behavioral-health deterioration detection rather than static suicide prediction; and 3) Mitochondrial cell-free DNA and autoantibody biomarker signals to ground psychiatric risk in measurable biology.
The talk will examine how AI can be integrated into clinical workflow, how explainability builds clinician trust, and how ethical guardrails ensure responsible deployment among high-risk Veterans/civilians. By reframing AI not as a black box but as a transparent interventional tool. Proteus-AI aims to redefine precision psychiatry for suicide prevention, moving from prediction to prevention.
Audience members will leave with: 1) A clear view of global trends in psychiatric AI and precision biomarkers, 2) An implementation blueprint for integrating AI/ML into EHR workflows, and 3) A vision for how mental health can finally achieve what oncology has already demonstrated: precision medicine that saves lives.