Mental health chatbots could benefit in helping patients with anxiety and depression and provide valuable support to mental healthcare workers, particularly when resources are scarce.
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Mental health chatbots could benefit in helping patients with anxiety and depression and provide valuable support to mental healthcare workers, particularly when resources are scarce.
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- A Phase-2 RCT of a Voice-based AI Coach for Depression and Anxiety (2026) · doi
Moreover, most prior trials have evaluated text-based chatbot interactions, whereas voice-based AI approaches capable of supporting spoken exchanges resembling clinician-patient conversational interactions during therapy remain understudied.
Keywords: based interactions prior trials evaluated text chatbot voice approaches capable supporting spoken exchanges resembling clinician - When a Chatbot Disappoints You: Expectancy Violation in Human-Chatbot Interaction in a Social Support Context (2024) · doi
Although users’ expectations of a chatbot’s performance could greatly shape their interaction experience, they have been underexplored in the context of social support where chatbots are gaining popularity.
Keywords: users expectations chatbot performance greatly shape interaction experience underexplored context social support chatbots gaining popularity - Development of a chatbot for depression: adolescent perceptions and recommendations (2022) · doi
BACKGROUND: Chatbots are a relatively new technology that has shown promising outcomes for mental health symptoms in adults; however, few studies have been done with adolescents or reported adolescent user experiences and recommendations for chatbot development.
Keywords: background chatbots relatively technology promising outcomes mental health symptoms adults done adolescents reported adolescent user - Chatbot features for anxiety and depression: A scoping review (2023) · doi
Mental health chatbots could benefit in helping patients with anxiety and depression and provide valuable support to mental healthcare workers, particularly when resources are scarce.
Keywords: mental health chatbots benefit helping patients anxiety depression provide valuable support healthcare workers particularly resources
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