AI-based treatment of psychological conditions: the potential use, benefits and drawbacks

Published: April 3, 2025

Mental healthcare in a range of countries faces challenges, including rapidly increasing demand at time restricted access to services, insufficient mental professionals and limited funding. This can result long delays late diagnosis. The use artificial intelligence (AI) technology help address these shortcomings is therefore being explored countries, the UK. recent increase reported studies provides an opportunity review potential, benefits drawbacks this technology. Studies have included AI-based chatbots for patients with depression anxiety symptoms; AI-facilitated approaches, virtual reality applications disorders; avatar therapy psychosis; AI humanoid robot-enhanced therapy, both children isolated elderly care settings; animal-like robots dementia; digital game interventions young people health conditions. Overall, showed positive effects none any adverse side effects. However, quality data was low, mainly due lack studies, high risk bias heterogeneity studies. Importantly also, longer-term were often not evident. suggests that translating small-scale, short-term trials into effective large-scale, real-world may be particular challenge. While appears its also raises important ethical privacy concerns, potential bias, unintended consequences such as over-diagnosis or unnecessary treatment normal emotional experiences. More robust, research larger patient populations, clear regulatory frameworks guidelines ensure patients’ rights, well-being are protected, needed.

Language: Английский

Digital Therapeutics for Cognitive Impairment: Exploring Innovation, Challenges and Future Prospects (Preprint)

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 10, 2025

Language: Английский