"over half of the 1,742 psychologists polled, 56% of participants, reported using AI to help with their work at least once in the past year, a huge increase compared to 29% the year prior. Among participants using AI to help with their work as psychologists, the most common purpose was for routine tasks such as drafting email and other content, and summarizing clinical notes or articles, and note taking."
""Our study demonstrates the promise of AI-powered clinical interviews, powered by LLMs, as a reliable and scalable innovation in mental health diagnostics," wrote lead author and psychology professor Sverker Sikström at Lund University in Sweden, along with co-authors Rebecca Astrid Boehme, Mariam Mirström, Thibaud Agbotsoka, Gergő Győri, Marta Lasota, Mona Tabesh, Lotta Stille, and Danilo Garcia. The use of AI in mental health is rising."
An AI assistant based on GPT-4 architecture achieved high accuracy performing clinical patient diagnostic interviews for common mental health disorders. The AI-powered interview approach demonstrated potential to deliver scalable, standardized, and accessible diagnostic assessments. A total of 550 participants were recruited, including 100 healthy controls and 450 individuals with self-reported conditions that were clinically diagnosed by professionals. A 2025 American Psychological Association poll of 1,742 psychologists found 56% used AI at least once in the past year, up from 29% the prior year. Most AI use among psychologists involved routine tasks such as drafting emails, summarizing clinical notes or articles, and note taking. AI-assisted clinical interviews may become among the most prevalent future applications.
Read at Psychology Today
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]