Large language models could change the future of behavioral healthcare: a proposal for responsible development and evaluation

2024

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1) This paper provides a roadmap for the responsible development, integration, and evaluation of large language models in psychotherapy to enhance mental healthcare access and quality safely.
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- Presents a technical overview of clinical large language models and outlines a progression model spanning assistive, collaborative, and fully autonomous stages.
- Discusses immediate and long-term applications across clinical care, training, supervision, and research, such as automating administrative tasks and measuring treatment fidelity.
- Proposes recommendations and design criteria for responsible implementation, emphasizing evidence-based practices, risk detection, interdisciplinary collaboration, and mitigation of algorithmic bias.
3) Tags: large language models, psychotherapy, behavioral healthcare, artificial intelligence, clinical evaluation

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