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Opinion: Viewpoints, Columns, and Perspectives (12) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (716) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (670) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2068) AI-Powered Therapy Bots and Virtual Companions in Digital Mental Health (17) Foundation Models and Their Applications in AI (50)

Published on in Vol 17 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/69534, first published .
Is This Chatbot Safe and Evidence-Based? A Call for the Critical Evaluation of Generative AI Mental Health Chatbots

Is This Chatbot Safe and Evidence-Based? A Call for the Critical Evaluation of Generative AI Mental Health Chatbots

Is This Chatbot Safe and Evidence-Based? A Call for the Critical Evaluation of Generative AI Mental Health Chatbots

Authors of this article:

Acacia Parks1 Author Orcid Image ;   Eoin Travers1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ramesh Perera-Delcourt1 Author Orcid Image ;   Max Major1 Author Orcid Image ;   Marcos Economides1 Author Orcid Image ;   Phil Mullan1 Author Orcid Image
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