India, Aug. 8 -- The man who brought light to the world was thrown into darkness as a child because his school found him mentally disturbed. As Thomas Alva Edison grew up to be a scientist, came his sharp satire: "The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around."

Little did he know that what he called 'function' would change to a 'pain' in about 150 years, with mental health disorders vitiating more than 14% of the 8 Bn lives on this planet.

In India, home to the world's largest population, at least 15% of adults are in need of active interventions for various mental health issues like mood disorders, bipolarity, anxiety, schizophrenia and different psychotic problems.

When human minds are playing up, turn to artificial int...