Artificial Intelligence (AI)

dartmouth just published the first ever (hard to believe tbh) therapy chatbot trial.

findings: 51% decrease in depression symptoms, 31% in anxiety symptoms, and 19% in body image / weight concerns

nits: small sample size (~100) of college students, would love to see outcomes compared with Crisis Text Line

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Fascinating. Would be curious as to what level therapist they compare to as there is such variability. And in that sense chatgpt is perfect as it standardizes at a higher baseline. 

Betterhelp type platforms have extreme variability as they hire some people who just scraped by 3 yrs of experience. So one could get a great therapist who knows psychodynamic and effective CBT or get someone who just did an online certification and masters and logged virtual hours.