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Mental Health Prediction Using Machine Learning: Building an Explainable AI Web Application

Machine learning is increasingly being explored for applications in healthcare and wellbeing. However, building an ML model for a sensitive domain such as mental health requires more than simply achieving a high accuracy score. I developed a Mental Health Prediction & Assessment System that combines machine learning, PHQ-9 screening, Explainable AI and a Flask-based web application. The project is available on GitHub: https://github.com/starJeet000/Mental-Health-Prediction-Using-Machine-Learning What Is the Project? The application is designed as an educational and preliminary screening system that evaluates mental-health-related information and produces a risk prediction. It combines an ML-based prediction system with a standardized PHQ-9 questionnaire. The purpose is not to replace mental-health professionals but to demonstrate how machine learning can be incorporated into a complete software application. Machine Learning Model Several classification algorithms were tr...

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