Can Speech Alone Reveal Psychosis Symptoms? TRUSTING Study Shows Promising Results
The EU-funded TRUSTING Project has achieved a major research milestone in Work Package 2 (WP2). Showing that speech recordings alone can help predict symptom severity in people living with psychosis, without analysing what is actually being said. Predicting Psychosis Symptoms Using Speech Audio Only In a large international, multi-centre retrospective study covering ten languages. Researchers […]
Inside TRUSTING: New Video Series Shows How AI and Speech Could Transform Psychosis Care
How can everyday speech help predict relapse in psychosis? And how can artificial intelligence support clinicians and patients in identifying early warning signs in a safe and trustworthy way? To answer these questions, the TRUSTING project has released two new videos offering an inside look at the clinical study and the technology behind its speech-based […]
Recruitment Begins Across Europe in Major Clinical Study Milestone
The EU-funded TRUSTING Project has reached a major new phase as participant recruitment officially begins across international study sites under Work Package 4 (WP4). Ethical Approval Completed Across All TRUSTING Study Sites A key milestone for the TRUSTING clinical study has been the successful completion of ethical approval at all participating research centres. This confirms […]
TRUSTING Research Takes Centre Stage at World Congress of Psychiatry 2025
As part of Work Package 3 activities, the TRUSTING research project gained international visibility in October 2025 when its work on trustworthy speech technology in mental health research was presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Prague. During the congress, Dr. Sandra A. Just delivered a talk titled “How to evaluate the real-world impact […]
Help Improve Psychotic Relapse Detection: TRUSTING Launches New European Surveys
Two new European surveys have been launched as part of the TRUSTING Project, an EU-funded research initiative aiming to improve early detection and prevention of psychotic relapse using innovative digital tools and artificial intelligence. The surveys invite both service users and clinicians to share their experiences and professional practices in assessing relapse risk. Insights gathered […]
TRUSTING at Europe’s Leading Brain Health Events
In October 2025, Amsterdam & Brussels, TRUSTING took part in two of Europe’s leading events on brain and mental health innovation this month: the ECNP Congress 2025 in Amsterdam and Brain Innovation Days 2025 in Brussels. Showcasing Mental Health Innovation in Europe Both events brought together scientists, clinicians, innovators, policymakers, and patient representatives who share […]
AI detects early signs of psychosis through everyday speech
Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) use artificial intelligence (AI) to spot subtle changes in everyday speech that may reveal early signs of psychosis. Their research, featured by science journalist Maya Schutte on NEMO Kennislink, shows how language and AI can work together to improve mental health care, including research linked to the […]
TRUSTING Newsletter Volume II: A Turning Point in 2025
The second edition of the TRUSTING newsletter is now online! This issue captures a pivotal moment in TRUSTING’s journey, completing the second year and preparing to move into real-world testing of our speech-based psychosis relapse detection tool. In the foreword, Work Package 2 leader Professor Wolfram Hinzen reflects on the solid foundations built so far: This […]
Language Use and Self-Perception: A Window to Mental Health
The TRUSTING research aims to improve the early detection of psychotic relapse through speech-based monitoring. A recent article adds valuable insight to this objective: a meta-analysis spanning 80 years of research and 13 studies has found that people with schizophrenia use first-person pronouns, such as “me”, “myself”, and “I”, significantly more often than those without […]
TRUSTING Annual Meeting 2025 in Barcelona Advancing speech-based relapse prediction in psychosis care
TRUSTING project—a five-year European research initiative (2023–2028) working to develop a user-friendly, trustworthy speech-based clinical decision support system to predict relapse in individuals with psychosis – has held its 2025 Annual Meeting from 17–18 June at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, convening project partners from across Europe. Hosted by UPF, as project partner, the […]
