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Harms associated with engaging with AI for mental health support: A scoping review protocol

2026-08-24

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<h4>Background: </h4> Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used for mental health support, through both purpose-built products and general-purpose large language models (LLMs), at a pace far greater than evidence of their efficacy or safety. There is no consensus taxonomy of the potential harms arising from this use, and existing classification frameworks are fragmented across clinical, computational, ethi...

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5d554918-c431-5d32-854c-14aba956584d
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10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27439.1
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