Dr. Tim Althoff on how AI could change therapy, the global need for AI interventions, the risks we need to consider, interventions that are already helping in mental health, whether AI will replace therapists, Human-AI collaboration and much, much more…

Chapters

0:00 Show Intro

1:52 Tim’s journey into AI in Mental Health

3:52 The need for AI in Mental Health

7:45 Human-AI Collaboration 

16:30 AI in Traditional Therapy 

20:40 AI and Cognitive Reframing  

26:15 Risks of AI in Mental Health

34:00 Will AI replace therapists?

Dr. Tim Althoff is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Washingston. He directs the Behavioural Data Science Group, has published in top tier journals such as Nature Machine Intelligence and Nature Communications and has collaborated in the creation of many Human-AI tools designed to improve the mental health of individuals in need. 

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Further resources:

“Facilitating Self-Guided Mental Health Interventions Through Human-Language Model Interaction: A Case Study of Cognitive Restructuring” by Sharma et. al. (2023)

“Human-AI collaboration enables more empathic conversations in text-based peer-to-peer mental health support” by Sharma et. al. (2023)AI Assisted Cognitive Restructuring Tool- https://screening.mhanational.org/changing-thoughts-with-an-ai-assistant/

Follow Tim’s Lab https://behavioral-data.github.io/

Follow Tim’s research https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~althoff/