AI-powered mental health chatbots have the advantage of being easily accessible. However, users may overestimate their therapeutic benefits and underestimate their limitations.
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The applications of artificial intelligence in mental health care are growing. To employ them ethically, we need to reconsider human-AI relations.
Despite a reported 6,500% global increase in doctors recommending mental health apps to patients, research suggests they can never substitute for traditional person-to-person care.
By creating both an urgent need for mental health care and the need to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is enabling telemedicine to go mainstream.
Social media does have some redeeming features – and its utility will depend on how you use it. But for many of us, the reward no longer outweighs the harms.
Research on how text messaging could provide mental health resources resulted in SaskWell, a texting service for people in Saskatchewan that provides 10 weeks of mental health and wellness prompts.
New data suggests that lots of time on screens may even improve peer relationships. But the study comes with caveats.
The relevance of digital technologies in maintaining mental health has never been greater. However, many have not been scientifically proven and their effectiveness is unknown.
People seeking mental health care still encounter stigma, even within the health system. New tools for teaching and sharing information may help address it.
Here’s what you need to know before you share your mental health story, or ask others to share.
Online therapies for mental health can be as effective as talking therapies. If we want to expand access to mental health care, it’s important we embrace digital approaches.
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University
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Associate professor, Psychiatry, Western University
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Professeur à l'École de design de l'UQAM. Chercheur au CR-IUSMM. Titulaire de la Chaire Diament, chaire de recherche stratégique en design pour la cybersanté mentale, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Master of Science Student, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Lecturer, Liberal Arts and Sciences, OCAD University
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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PhD Student in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder
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Scientist and Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in public health, University of Canterbury
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Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor in Health Ethics, Simon Fraser University
