Depression is a significant challenge for the American medical care system and affects as high as 10% of the adult population in the U.S. There are many challenges in treating depression. People are reluctant to reveal their symptoms and seek care because many see mental health problem as a personal weakness. Meanwhile, a ...

Mitigating depression has become a national health priority and is the most common mental illness seen in primary care. Due to the complex dynamics of individual's depression trajectory, how to predict the progression of an individual patient's depression has long been an open problem. In this thesis, by using the electronic ...