Article of the Week: August 18

Artificial intelligence and the future of psychiatry: Insights from a global physician survey

Author

Marina Pulini-Franks MD
August 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence and the future of psychiatry: Insights from a global physician survey

Futurists have predicted that new autonomous technologies, embedded with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), will lead to substant…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0933365719306505

Main Point

A majority of respondents predicted that AI/ML could fully replace human psychiatrists in documenting and updating medical records and synthesizing information.

4 Salient Points

  • Mental health apps are among the fastest growing sectors in the digital health market. The World Economic Forum's "Empowering 8 Billion Minds" report calls for technology integration into mental health care.

  • Limitations include absence of respondents from developing nations, sampling and response biases.

  • The authors' findings provide compelling insights into how physicians think about AI/ML which in turn may help us better integrate technology and reskill doctors to enhance mental health care.

  • Future surveys should include the views of patients and informaticians to develop and validate machine learning technologies to address mental health challenges

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