PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review examines the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in psychiatry in the past 5 years across four domains: screening; outcome prediction; risk and relapse prediction; and psychotherapy.
BACKGROUND: Many youth rely on direct-to-consumer generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots for mental health support, yet the quality of the psychotherapeutic capabilities of these chatbots is understudied.
This paper explores the integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into psychotherapeutic practice through the lens of mentalization theory, with a particular focus on epistemic trust-a critical relational mechanism that facilitates psych...
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
Sep 3, 2025
BACKGROUND: Late-life depression (LLD) is prevalent in older adults and linked to increased disability, mortality, and suicide risk. Insomnia symptoms are considered common remaining symptoms of LLD following treatment. However, the multivariate rela...
The patient-therapist interpersonal dynamics is a cornerstone of psychotherapy, yet how it shapes clinical outcomes remains underexplored and difficult to quantify. This is also true in autism, where interpersonal interplay is recognized as an active...
BACKGROUND: Psychotherapy and antidepressant medications are first-line treatments for depression, and they both have significant treatment effects on average. However, treatment response varies widely across patients, and neither approach is univers...
BACKGROUND: The use of conversational agents (CAs) in mental health therapy is gaining traction due to their accessibility, anonymity, and nonjudgmental nature. However, understanding the psychological factors driving preferences for CA-based therapy...
BACKGROUND: Before meaningful progress toward precision psychiatry is possible, objective (unbiased) assessment of patient mental well-being must be validated and adopted broadly.
Deepfakes are hyper-realistic but fabricated videos created with the use of artificial intelligence. In the context of psychotherapy, the first studies on using deepfake technology are emerging, with potential applications including grief counselling...
BACKGROUND: Despite potential risks, artificial intelligence-based chatbots that simulate psychotherapy are becoming more widely available and frequently used by the general public. A comprehensive way of evaluating the quality of these chatbots is n...
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