CIRCuiTS
Project overview
Cognitive Remediation (CR) is a psychological intervention designed to support those with lived experience of cognitive difficulties, teaching strategies they can use in daily life. The research team have developed a CR programme called CIRCuiTS, delivered via a smartphone app, which has been shown to be effective for people with lived experience of psychosis. This programme will co-develop an AI-supported version of CIRCuiTS, where an AI chatbot will assist with engagement, strategy use, feedback, and scheduling.
The project is based at King’s College London and funded by the Wellcome Trust. It will run for five years from April 2026.
Project details
Cognitive difficulties, or difficulties in thinking skills, are common in mental health conditions and they can effect daily life. These difficulties are common across diagnoses but are particularly for people with lived experience of schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar disorder and depression.
Cognitive Remediation (CR) is an intervention technique that has been shown to support those living with cognitive difficulties, assisting with things like setting reminders for important appointments and setting goals.
This project aims to develop an AI chatbot that can support therapists in delivering CR. It is designed to improve cognition and thinking skills in people with a schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar or depression diagnosis.
McPin will assist the project by developing a Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP), who will support the researchers in co-designing the AI chatbot tool within the CIRCuiTS app, including privacy and security features, and testing the initial utility of the chatbot.
Please get in touch with [email protected] for more information on this project.
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