The Substance Use Disorder Foundation is calling on state and federal stakeholders to develop national standards for ambient care, citing rapid adoption of AI tools in behavioral health. Ambient care is described as a healthcare model in which AI-enabled systems…
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A study published Jan. 27 in Mental Health Research found an AI model predicted substance use disorder defining behaviors with up to 83% accuracy and addiction severity with up to 84%. University of Cincinnati researchers Sumra Bari, PhD, the study’s…
Health systems nationwide are rapidly adopting AI in healthcare, with behavioral health seeing results such as reducing clinician burnout and creating tools for caregiver emotional support. Arjun Nagendran, PhD, and Scott Compton, PhD, researchers at Chicago-based Ann & Robert H.…
As AI chatbot use accelerates, behavioral health clinicians are reporting concrete high-risk cases tied to patient destabilization and even treating patients as if they have an addiction, The New York Times reported Jan. 26. More than 100 therapists and psychiatrists…
A total of 143 bills across all 50 states were found to affect mental health-related AI, but only 28 explicitly mentioned mental health. The remainder had indirect or substantial implications, and just 20 were enacted across 11 states as of…
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Health systems are rapidly adopting AI in healthcare, and behavioral health leaders have taken note of what is — and isn’t — working. From preventing clinician burnout to creating tools for emotional support for caregivers, here are three systems seeing…
Behavioral and physical health are intertwined, yet health systems are still developing effective alternatives to address emergency care for mental health. While every healthcare worker is trained in CPR for physical crises such as heart attacks, many may not be…
As long wait times, dissatisfaction with clinical interaction and high healthcare costs continue to plague behavioral health, teens are tapping on AI chatbots for mental health support. But without the proper guardrails, the bots may suggest harmful activities instead of…
As large language model-based tools such as ChatGPT gain traction, researchers are examining how U.S. adolescents and young adults use generative AI during periods of emotional distress. A study published Nov. 7 in JAMA Network Open and led by researchers…
Seven complaints filed in California state courts allege that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT contributed to severe psychological harm, including multiple suicides and mental health emergencies, according to a Nov. 6 report from The New York Times. Four wrongful death suits name…