A paper in JAMA Psychiatry says mental health providers should ask if patients are using artificial intelligence chatbots, just as they would ask patients about sleep habits and substance use.

Utah is testing an AI system to renew certain psychiatric medications, drawing concern from experts about safety, oversight and reliance on patient self-reporting.

The news comes as more attention is being directed toward the intersection of mental health and artificial intelligence.

The pilot program will see an AI chatbot, provided by health technology company Doctronic, prescribe psychiatric medication.

But Utah is the first state in the nation to test out a pilot program that will allow a chatbot to renew prescriptions, ...

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Some psychiatrists are asking what problem, exactly, this is solving.

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