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Safety Mechanisms and Risk Mitigation in Generative AI Mental Health Chatbots: A Systematic Scoping Review
2026-04-06
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<p>Background: Generative AI (GenAI) mental health chatbots are increasingly being developed to help address persistent barriers to mental healthcare. Unlike earlier rule-based and retrieval-based systems, GenAI chatbots generate open-ended outputs that can be inaccurate and unsafe. Documented harms from general-purpose GenAI chatbots have highlighted the need for purpose-built interventions with dedicated safegua...
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- 10.31234/osf.io/g8q5v_v1