Non-verbal behaviours as predictors for treatment response in patients with depression or schizophrenia: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Non-verbal behaviours (NVBs) reveal information about mood and emotions, potentially providing an objective means to measure and monitor early treatment responses. Previous research has examined NVB changes during treatment in patients with depression and psychosis but a systematic evaluation of the evidence is lacking. Furthermore, this review could inform the fast moving field of digital and precision psychiatry due to the use of AI-based technology that could transform the potential of NVBs as reliable biomarkers for treatment response.

Methods

Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL were searched in June 2024. Included papers studied adults diagnosed with depression or schizophrenia and measured NVBs at least twice during separate clinical interviews. Outcomes

SUBMITTER: Grant H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12754059 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature