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A quantitative comparison of AI and human therapists during simulated therapy

2025-12-18

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<p>Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into mental health care, yet direct comparisons between human and AI therapists in extended, credible therapeutic interactions remain limited. This study examined a corpus of 233,691 words from 103 therapy sessions to test similarities and differences between human therapists (N=19) and AI chatbot therapists (N = 16). Simulated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ses...

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Literature Corpus work: 9182a582-a57c-5bbd-ba86-78d2534934b7
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/kna9y_v1

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