The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the digital mental health market by enabling real-time emotional monitoring and predictive analytics. AI-driven chatbots and virtual assistants can now provide 24/7 triage support, offering immediate coping strategies to users in crisis while they wait for human intervention. Analysis of AI’s impact on the market is...

The proliferation of digital mental health tools has necessitated the development of a specific regulatory framework, primarily managed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA differentiates between low-risk "general wellness" apps, which fall outside their oversight, and those intended to diagnose, mitigate, treat, or prevent a disease, classifying the latter as Software as a...