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Viewpoints and Opinions on Mental Health (50) AI-Powered Therapy Bots and Virtual Companions in Digital Mental Health (30) Clinical Mental Health Informatics (70) Artificial Intelligence (2161) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (748) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2142)

Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82369, first published .
A Paradigm Shift in Progress: Generative AI’s Evolving Role in Mental Health Care

A Paradigm Shift in Progress: Generative AI’s Evolving Role in Mental Health Care

A Paradigm Shift in Progress: Generative AI’s Evolving Role in Mental Health Care

Authors of this article:

John Torous1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrea Cipriani2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image
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John Torous   1 , MD ;   Andrea Cipriani   2, 3, 4 , MD, PhD

1 Division of Digital Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

3 Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

4 Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab, Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • John Torous, MD
  • Division of Digital Psychiatry
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
  • 20 Overland St, Suite 202
  • Boston, MA 02215
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 6176676700
  • Email: jtorous@bidmc.harvard.edu