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Reviews in Digital Mental Health (298) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (573) AI-Powered Therapy Bots and Virtual Companions in Digital Mental Health (32) Diagnostic Tools in Mental Health (332) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (546) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (636) Responsible Health AI (66) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (759) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2208) Artificial Intelligence (2251)

Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/70610, first published .
The Application and Ethical Implication of Generative AI in Mental Health: Systematic Review

The Application and Ethical Implication of Generative AI in Mental Health: Systematic Review

The Application and Ethical Implication of Generative AI in Mental Health: Systematic Review

Authors of this article:

Xi Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yujia Zhou2 Author Orcid Image ;   Guangyu Zhou1 Author Orcid Image
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