Medical Xpress September 30, 2024
A new Columbia University School of Nursing-led study explores how patients view the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve mental health care. The survey, which included 500 US-based adults, found that 49.3% of participants considered AI to be beneficial for mental health care. Particularly, African Americans and those with lower self-rated health literacy were more likely to have this view while women were less likely to do so. Moreover, 81.6% of participants also believed health professionals to be responsible for misdiagnosis of mental health conditions.
The study, “Patient Perspectives on AI for Mental Health Care: A Cross-sectional Survey Study” is published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Mental Health.
“This survey comes at a time where AI...
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