This document discusses using machine learning algorithms for screening mental health in adolescents. It begins with introducing machine learning and the different types of machine learning algorithms like supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning. It then focuses on classification algorithms, describing logistic regression and how classification algorithms can be used for applications like email spam detection and cancer identification. The document also discusses software requirements like Anaconda and Python libraries like Scikit-learn, NumPy, Pandas and Matplotlib. It concludes that comparing machine learning techniques is important to identify the best for a given domain like predicting mental health.