TBH 2025: Digital BH Therapeutics - is there an app for that and can AI be your next therapist?

Описание: TeleBehavioral Health 2025: Digital Behavioral Health Therapeutics - is there an app for that and can AI be your next therapist??

Presentation date: 03-21-2025

Overview:
Digital apps are growing rapidly and gaining ground with FDA approval as digital therapeutics that can be prescribed to patients. But with thousands to choose from, how do we know which ones are worthwhile? And what do we know about AI’s potential to replace therapists?

Presenter:
Kari Stephens, PhD is Vice Chair of Research, Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professor, Director of Clinical Research Informatics and Professor in Family Medicine and Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the UW School of Medicine

Biography:
Dr. Kari Stephens is Vice Chair of Research, Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professor, Director of Clinical Research Informatics and Professor in Family Medicine and Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the UW School of Medicine. Dr. Stephens conducts research focused on health equity, integrated behavioral health, chronic pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, substance use, cancer, long COVID, and informatics data sharing, particularly in primary care settings. Dr. Stephens is a practicing clinical psychologist, currently treats patients in a primary care integrated behavioral health setting and attends as a core panel member of the Psychiatric Addiction Case Conference.

Learning Objectives:
1) describe the landscape of behavioral health digital apps and
2) describe current and future directions for digital apps and AI in mental and behavioral health care