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Mobile Health in Psychiatry (724) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3146) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (2427) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (678) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (1461) AI Language Models in Health Care (716)

Published on in Vol 13 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/88196, first published .
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Help-Seeking in the Age of AI: Cross-Sectional Survey of the Use and Perceptions of AI-Based Mental Health Support Among US Adults

Help-Seeking in the Age of AI: Cross-Sectional Survey of the Use and Perceptions of AI-Based Mental Health Support Among US Adults

Authors of this article:

Michiko Ueda1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Michael L Birnbaum3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Yanhong Liu5 Author Orcid Image ;   Qingyi Yu6 Author Orcid Image ;   Xihe Tian5 Author Orcid Image ;   Anna Mirer1 Author Orcid Image ;   Seethalakshmi Ramanathan7 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Sinyor8, 9 Author Orcid Image
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