Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, an associate professor of biomedical data science, psychiatry, and computer science, comments on state and industry efforts to curb unvetted AI from providing mental health therapy. “I think it would require … some new oversight institution to actually do this effectively,” Jacobson said.

Read article – Roshini Pinto-Powell, MD, associate dean of admissions at the Geisel, is quoted in an article about using visual art to teach students about AI.

Read article – Michael Heinz, an assistant professor of psychiatry, is featured in an article about the use of AI therapy chatbots. “Our study demonstrated that…expert fine-tuning and rigorous clinical safety and efficacy testing [can] ensure that the model adheres to best practices in mental health care,” Heinz said.

Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, talks about kids’ use of therapy chatbots and provides tips for parents to assess these tools. “For many children, communicating via technology is more natural than face-to-face conversations, especially about sensitive topics,” Jacobson said.

Read article – Tim Burdick, MD, an associate professor of community and family medicine, is quoted in a news brief on how he and colleagues developed PortalPal, which uses AI to triage incoming messages and generate follow-up questions for patients. (Picked up by RamaOn Healthcare.)

Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is quoted in a story about the clinical trial results for Dartmouth’s therapy chatbot, Therabot, and the efficacy of AI-powered mental health care. “Participants felt like they could let their guards down. They know they’re not going to be judged,” Jacobson said.

Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is quoted in a story about an American Psychological Association health advisory on AI and adolescents. “This is a new technology that is probably potentially as big in terms of its impact on human development as the internet,” Jacobson said.

Read article – An extended interview with Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, about the first-ever clinical trial of a generative-AI therapy chatbot—a technology that may someday help relieve the lack of access to mental health providers. “We want to provide something that is a strong evidence-based treatment for folks that generally don’t have it,” Jacobson said.

Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, talks about the first clinical trial of a gen-AI therapy chatbot conducted on Therabot, software developed in his lab. “We chose this area because we seek to have real world impacts and there is a massive shortage of providers,” Jacobson said.