Systems and methods for mental health assessment

A system for providing an engaging and interactive conversation with a subject, the system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• a memory comprising machine-executable instructions;
• wherein, upon execution, the instructions cause the one or more computer processor to conduct an interactive conversation with the subject using a screening or monitoring system by:
• a) obtaining conversation data from the subject during the interactive conversation;
• b) assessing at least one state of the subject in real-time during the interactive conversation based on the conversation data using one or more machine learning model, wherein the one or more machine learning model comprises at least one natural language processing (NLP) model, at least one acoustic model, and a composite model that weights and combines outputs from the at least one NLP model and the at least one acoustic model to access the at least one state;
• c) selecting or adaptively modifying a message to communicate with the subject based in part on the at least one state;
• d) communicating the message to the subject.