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Smoke and LLMirrors: Against the Use of Generative AI in Mental Health Care

2026-01-19

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<p>With little concern for socially deleterious outcomes, companies selling generative artificial intelligence (GAI; ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, etc.) have begun infiltrating the mental health space. We argue that profit-driven forces are taking advantage of overworked mental health professionals via technologies that do not address cracks in the foundations of our healthcare systems and, instead, cause more...

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4e96e475-672c-5082-b99b-47c60c319833
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10.31234/osf.io/fpaq9_v1
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