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ChatGPT as a Complementary Mental Health Resource: A Boon or a Bane
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: Received: 20 July 2023 / Approved: 21 July 2023 / Online: 21 July 2023 (08:34:03 CEST)
A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
Farhat, F. ChatGPT as a Complementary Mental Health Resource: A Boon or a Bane. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2023, doi:10.1007/s10439-023-03326-7. Farhat, F. ChatGPT as a Complementary Mental Health Resource: A Boon or a Bane. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2023, doi:10.1007/s10439-023-03326-7.
Abstract
The launch of Open AI's chatbot, ChatGPT, has generated a lot of attention and discussion among professionals in several fields. Many concerns and challenges have been brought up by researchers from various fields, particularly in relation to the harm that using these tools for medical diagnosis and treatment recommendations can cause. Additionally, it has been debated if ChatGPT is dependable, efficient, and helpful for clinicians and medical professionals. Therefore, in this study, we assess ChatGPT's effectiveness in providing mental health support, particularly for issues related to anxiety and depression, based on the chatbot's responses and cross-questioning. The findings indicate that there are significant inconsistencies and that ChatGPT's reliability is low in this specific domain. As a result, care must be used when using ChatGPT as a complementary mental health resource.
Keywords
Mental Health, ChatGPT, Anxiety, Depression, LLM
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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