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| 3 | +title: Bailey, Maya, Theo and Sam presented at TIPS! |
| 4 | +date: 2025-12-11 15:00-0400 |
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| 7 | +📢 Excited to share that Bailey, Maya, Theo, and Sam presented at the 2025 Technology in Psychiatry Summit (TIPS)! 📝 |
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| 9 | +**Bailey** |
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| 11 | +Bailey presented her work on "Treatment Perceptions and Outcomes: Preliminary Results from Patient Audio and Self-Report Data in the PREDiCTOR Study," examining how patient audio data compares to traditional self-report measures within the PREDICTOR study. We analyzed the relationship between self-reported therapeutic alliance and verbally expressed sentiments of care to better understand treatment outcomes. |
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| 13 | +💡 Highlights: |
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| 15 | +1️⃣ We found that verbally expressed sentiments toward care aligned significantly with self-reported therapeutic alliance scores, validating the utility of unstructured audio data. |
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| 17 | +2️⃣ Patients who experienced adverse events (such as hospitalization or treatment disengagement) had significantly lower self-reported alliance scores compared to those who did not. |
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| 19 | +3️⃣ Interestingly, while self-reported scores were strong indicators of adverse events, the qualitative verbal sentiments did not show a statistically significant difference in this preliminary sample. |
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| 21 | +🚀 These findings suggest that while verbal feedback aligns with survey data, traditional self-reported alliance measures may offer a more sensitive signal early in the course of treatment for predicting adverse clinical outcomes. |
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| 23 | +{% include figure.liquid path="assets/img/news/Bailey_TIPS_Poster.png" title="Bailey-TIPS-2025" class="img-fluid z-depth-1" %} |
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| 25 | +**Maya** |
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| 27 | +Maya presented her work on "Audio Diary Engagement and Themes Across Psychiatric Diagnoses and Outcomes: Preliminary Data from the PREDiCTOR Study", using audio diary engagement as a predictive tool within the PREDICTOR study. By analyzing unstructured speech, we assessed how psychiatric diagnoses and adverse outcomes influence patient engagement with digital tools. |
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| 29 | +💡 Highlights: |
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| 31 | +1️⃣ We analyzed engagement across diverse diagnostic groups, finding that participants with Schizophrenia Spectrum disorders submitted the highest average number of diaries (31.7), followed by Depressive/Bipolar disorders. |
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| 33 | +2️⃣ Our analysis revealed that participants who experienced an adverse event (like hospitalization or ED visits) submitted significantly more audio diaries than those who did not. |
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| 35 | +3️⃣ Qualitative analysis uncovered unique themes for different diagnoses, such as "cognitive fog" in depression and "frustration/fatigue" in trauma-related disorders. |
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| 37 | +🚀 These findings suggest that rapid increases in audio diary submissions could serve as a digital biomarker, alerting clinicians when time-sensitive intervention is needed. |
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| 39 | +{% include figure.liquid path="assets/img/news/Maya_TIPS_Poster.png" title="Maya-TIPS-2025" class="img-fluid z-depth-1" %} |
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| 41 | +**Sam** |
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| 43 | +Sam presented his work comparing raw morphometry against normative modeling deviations for studying Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). We utilized a robust model of brain morphometry developed in over 37,000 healthyindividuals to establish normative benchmarks. |
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| 45 | +💡 Highlights: |
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| 47 | +1️⃣ We found that normative deviations provided greater sensitivity than raw data in detecting disease-related brain changes, particularly in the hippocampus and amygdala. |
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| 49 | +2️⃣ The Z-score approach achieved a superior classification accuracy of 88.8% when distinguishing between AD and cognitively unimpaired individuals, compared to 79.5% for raw data. |
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| 51 | +3️⃣ The hippocampus stood out as the most prominent identifying feature in both models, while the amygdala was a prominent feature specifically in the Z-score model. |
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| 53 | +🚀 These results highlight normative modeling as a powerful framework for identifying sensitive biomarkers, advancing the field toward more precise, individualized diagnostics. |
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| 55 | +{% include figure.liquid path="assets/img/news/Sam_TIPS_Poster.jpg" title="Sam-TIPS-2025" class="img-fluid z-depth-1" %} |
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| 57 | +**Theo** |
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| 59 | +Theo presented his pilot study on optimizing audiovisual (AV) recording equipment for AI-driven psychiatric research. We evaluated the feasibility, patient comfort, and technical quality of various recording setups in real-world outpatient clinics. |
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| 61 | +💡 Highlights: |
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| 63 | +1️⃣ We tested five different setups, including single/dual iPhones and webcams, discovering that the OBSBOT webcam was rated as the most comfortable and least distracting by patients. |
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| 65 | +2️⃣ Visual quality control metrics showed that webcams and the single iPhone setup met or surpassed thresholds for high-quality facial analysis. |
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| 67 | +3️⃣ Patient acceptance was incredibly high, with 93.5% of participants willing to consent to their clinical settings being recorded using the OBSBOT setup. |
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| 69 | +🚀 This study confirms that minimally invasive webcams are a feasible solution for integrating objective behavioral data collection into standard psychiatric care. |
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