Machine learning and big data analytics in bipolar disorder: A position paper from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Big Data Task Force.

Journal: Bipolar disorders
Published Date:

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The International Society for Bipolar Disorders Big Data Task Force assembled leading researchers in the field of bipolar disorder (BD), machine learning, and big data with extensive experience to evaluate the rationale of machine learning and big data analytics strategies for BD.

Authors

  • Ives C Passos
    UT Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UT Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
  • Pedro L Ballester
    School of Technology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  • Rodrigo C Barros
    Grupo de Pesquisa em Aprendizado de Máquina e Inteligência de Negócio (GPIN), Faculdade de Informática, PUCRS, Prédio 32, Sala 628, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Diego Librenza-Garcia
    Graduation Program in Psychiatry, Universidade Federal das Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Bipolar Disorder Program, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-903, Brazil. Electronic address: diegolibrenzagarcia@gmail.com.
  • Benson Mwangi
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA. Electronic address: Benson.Irungu@uth.tmc.edu.
  • Boris Birmaher
    Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
  • Elisa Brietzke
    Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Tomas Hajek
    Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada (Hajek, Cooke, Alda); Prague Psychiatric Centre/ National Institute of Mental Health, Prague, Czech Republic (Hajek, Kopecek, Novak, Hoschl, Alda); Charles University, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic (Kopecek, Novak, Hoschl, Alda).
  • Carlos Lopez Jaramillo
    Research Group in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
  • Rodrigo B Mansur
    Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Brain and Cognition Discovery Foundation, Toronto, Canada.
  • Martin Alda
    Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada (Hajek, Cooke, Alda); Prague Psychiatric Centre/ National Institute of Mental Health, Prague, Czech Republic (Hajek, Kopecek, Novak, Hoschl, Alda); Charles University, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic (Kopecek, Novak, Hoschl, Alda).
  • Bartholomeus C M Haarman
    Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Erkki Isometsa
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Raymond W Lam
    Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Roger S McIntyre
    Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Brain and Cognition Discovery Foundation, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: Roger.McIntyre@uhn.ca.
  • Luciano Minuzzi
    3 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada .
  • Lars V Kessing
    Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Lakshmi N Yatham
    Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Anne Duffy
    WFH Psychosocial Committee, Irish Haemophilia Society, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Flávio Kapczinski
    Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.