AI in Mental Health
Why Limiting Smartphones and AI in Middle School Is Worth the Fight
As parents, we all know how quickly childhood changes, especially during the middle school years. Although learning to navigate a bigger school and multiple teachers grabs our attention, under the surface, quietly, the refinement of social skills, the development of identity, and the management of emotions take center stage for them. New research shows that…
Can AI Help Me Stay On Task?
Many of us with ADHD, or even those with ADHD-like tendencies, are also creative and enthusiastic individuals who possess an incredible capacity to hyperfocus on projects we are passionate about—until we lose the thread. Usually, it is because another of life’s demands requires us to shift gears, but for whatever reason, we must pause our…
Are You Asking About AI Use?
A Case For Asking Every Mental Health Client About Their Chatbot Use Over the years, I’ve witnessed several versions of our evolving digital landscape that are shaping patients’ lives. In the early 2000s, I was an expert witness in a court case where an individual had developed an eBay auction “addiction.” He was compulsively bidding…
Can ChatGPT Be My Therapist?
Psychologists and other mental health professionals are deep in the weeds debating the differences between people using an AI tool for something akin to therapy and engaging in traditional psychotherapy with a trained and licensed human. From my perspective, we’re driving this debate from two disparate agendas. One is the need to protect the public….
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