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Large Language Model–Based Behavioral Activation Chatbot for Young People With Depression Using Artificial Users and Clinical Experts: Mixed Methods Evaluation
Evaluates how well a GPT-4o-based chatbot with a structured system prompt delivers a single-session behavioural-activation intervention for people with depression aged 14 to 29. Forty-eight sessions…
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Exploring Real-World Use of AI Chatbots for Mental Health Support: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Online survey in two Belgian samples of people who use AI chatbots for mental-health support, examining how, why and which individuals use them. A student sample was screened for eligible users and a…
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Generative AI in Youth Mental Health Apps: Rapid Review
A rapid review of how generative AI has been integrated into mental health apps for young people, and of what the evaluation literature reports about benefits and disadvantages. The authors searched…
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Between Help and Harm: An Evaluation Study of Mental Health Crisis Handling by Large Language Models
Peer-reviewed study introducing a taxonomy of six clinically-informed mental-health crisis categories, an evaluation dataset of over 2,000 user inputs drawn from twelve public conversational datasets…
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Automated Safety Testing and Reporting Application for Conversational Safety Monitoring of Generative AI Tools for Mental Health: Development and Validation Study
A peer-reviewed development-and-validation study of ASTRA, an external system that monitors AI-mediated mental-health conversations to identify clinically relevant risk behaviors at the conversation…
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Delusional Experiences Emerging From AI Chatbot Interactions or "AI Psychosis"
A peer-reviewed psychiatric commentary in JMIR Mental Health analyzing delusional experiences that emerge from AI chatbot use, sometimes termed 'AI psychosis.' It argues psychiatry must reconsider th…
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Using Psychological Artificial Intelligence (Tess) to Relieve Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Randomized Controlled Trial
An early randomized controlled trial of Tess (X2AI), a conversational-agent mental-health intervention, testing its effect on depression and anxiety symptoms in US university students over a 2-4 week…
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Delivering Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Young Adults With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using a Fully Automated Conversational Agent (Woebot): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Two-week unblinded randomized controlled trial (n=70, ages 18-28) comparing a CBT-delivering conversational agent (Woebot) with an information-only control. Measures change in depression and anxiety…