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AI in Psychotherapy: Opportunities and Risks

2026-03-20

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This article examines the emerging role of artificial intelligence in mental health contexts, with a particular focus on psychotherapy and the risks associated with deploying large language models (LLMs) in sensitive clinical domains. It discusses several key concerns, including AI-related psychosis, the development of parasocial attachments and the growing number of crisis-related interactions users have with gen...

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Literature Corpus work: 62c81aed-a0e2-55e8-ac9b-2017fbc62404
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202603.1624.v1

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