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AI-Powered Therapy Bots and Virtual Companions in Digital Mental Health (32) Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in AI (109) Responsible Health AI (60) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (654) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2173) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (745) Digital Therapeutics (20)

Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78414, first published .
The Ability of AI Therapy Bots to Set Limits With Distressed Adolescents: Simulation-Based Comparison Study

The Ability of AI Therapy Bots to Set Limits With Distressed Adolescents: Simulation-Based Comparison Study

The Ability of AI Therapy Bots to Set Limits With Distressed Adolescents: Simulation-Based Comparison Study

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