DOTmed August 11, 2025
Nearly half of UK adults admit to using online health information to self-diagnose, often because they can’t get a timely NHS appointment. Conversational AI facilitates a similar impulse: About one in six US adults already use mainstream chatbots like ChatGPT for health advice at least monthly.
When untrained for medical purposes, these “Dr. GPT” habits fuel anxiety, misdiagnoses, and compliance headaches for providers.
Anxiety is a growing concern and the most common mental health disorder in the US. In 2025, roughly 42.5 million US adults are living with an anxiety disorder. Turning to tools like Dr. Google and Dr. GPT to seek reassurance and answers can have an adverse effect if conversations are not monitored carefully. These tools are trained...
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