Increasingly, teens and adults are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for companionship and emotional support, recent studies and surveys show. And so, mental health care providers should ...

Use escalation trigger words. Say “agent,” “representative,” “billing issue,” or “legal concern” — then stop talking so the system flags your request for a human. Keep responses short and direct. Long ...

Shaili Gupta often sees patients who consult chatbots like ChatGPT for health advice. She finds that some of her patients are much more informed about health-related issues and have follow up ...

Mental health clinicians have started asking clients how they use generative artificial intelligence chatbots to support ...

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Millions of Americans are turning to AI chatbots for health answers. But are doctors using these tools? And if so, how?