It's a small sample, but the researchers said it's the first clinical trial of an AI therapy chatbot. The results show significant advantages, mainly because the bot is available 24 hours a day ...

As AI technology advances, more people are using chatbot platforms in place of human interactions — including for therapy. Here’s what experts want you to know.

The situation in Ashland mirrors those trends. The practice conducts 6,000 wellness checkups a year, each lasting 15 to 40 minutes. These include a standard nine-question screening for depression.

This is a disconcerting development. That the company’s head of safety and its president are encouraging the public to think of a chatbot as a way to get therapy is surprising and deeply reckless.

Therabot, Dartmouth’s AI therapy chatbot, demonstrated significant mental health benefits in a clinical trial, reducing depression symptoms by 51% and anxiety symptoms by 31%, ...

Traditional therapy, while effective, is expensive and hard to scale. There simply aren’t enough trained professionals to meet demand. For every licensed therapist in the U.S., there are an ...

Some argue AI therapy can break down mental health stigma — others warn it could make it worse AI therapy is already providing relief for patients who can't access care.

The Therabot study. The 210 participants were sorted into two groups -- one group of 106 was allowed to use the chatbot, while the control group was left on a "waiting list." ...