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July 26, 2025

Is ChatGPT ready for clinical use in mental healthcare? A scoping review of empirical evidence (Preprint)

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RBRaluca BalanTGThomas P. Gumpel

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Overview

Scoping review uncovers ChatGPT's effectiveness in mental healthcare applications, indicating both potential and limitations in clinical settings.

Key Points

  • ChatGPT shows promise in detecting mental health issues and providing psychoeducation through natural language processing.
  • The review included 60 studies, revealing that most applications focus on counseling rather than complex clinical tasks.
  • Custom implementations of ChatGPT demonstrate better performance in therapeutic interactions compared to generic models.
  • Despite its capabilities, ChatGPT's limitations in handling complex presentations necessitate careful clinical consideration.

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Balan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0933e6551bb0af8ce627https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.81204
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