one pioneer in the field who has had success is alison darcy.ight be right in our hands. >> we know the majority of people who need care are not getting it. there's never been a greater need. and the tools available have never been as sophisticated as they are now. and it's not about how can we get people in the clinic. it's how can we actually get some of these tools out of the clinic and into the hands of people. >> alison darcy decided to use her background in coding to build something she believes can help people in need, a mental health chatbot she named woebot. it's an app on your phone, a packet therapist uses the tech to help depression, anxiety and addiction and do it on the run. i think a lot of people out there watching this are going to be thinking, really? computer psychiatry? come on. >> well, i think it's so interesting that our field hasn't had a great deal of innovation since the basic architecture was laid down by freud. in the 1890s. that's really the idea of two people in a room. that's not how we live our lives today. we hav