Michael Reeder LCPC<p>Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: <a href="https://www.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">clinicians-exchange.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Open Mastodon instance for all mental health workers: <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.clinicians-exchange.o</span><span class="invisible">rg</span></a><br>.<br>*Warning on AI and Data in mental health: ‘Patients are drowning’**<br>*<a href="https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/10/warning-on-ai-and-data-in-mental-health-patients-are-drowning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalhealth.net/2023/10/warn</span><span class="invisible">ing-on-ai-and-data-in-mental-health-patients-are-drowning/</span></a></p><p>I'm always a bit skeptical of presentations from tech company CEOs on <br>how their product areas are necessary in the mental health field.</p><p>That said, this article has a few good points:</p><p>/"Umar Nizamani, CEO, International, at NiceDay, emphasised that AI will <br>inevitably become an essential tool in mental health care: 'I am very <br>confident AI will not replace therapists – but therapists using AI will <br>replace therapists not using AI.'"//<br>/<br>I am beginning to think this also -- for better or worse. I took a VERY <br>fast 60 second look at NiceDay and it appears to be another <br>all-encompassing EHR, but with a strong emphasis on data. Lots of tools <br>and questionnaires and attractive graphs for therapists to monitor <br>symptoms. (I need to take a longer look later.) So data-driven could <br>be very good, if it does not crowd out the human touch.</p><p>/"Nizamani said there had been suicides caused by AI, citing the case of <br>a person in Belgium who died by suicide after downloading an anxiety <br>app. The individual was anxious about climate change. The app suggested <br>'if you did not exist' it would help the planet, said Nizamani."//<br>/<br>YIKES... So, yes, his point that care in implementation is needed is <br>critical. I worry at the speed of the gold-rush.</p><p>/"He [//Nizamni] //called on the industry to come together to ensure <br>that mental health systems using AI and data are 'explainable’, <br>'transparent', and 'accountable'." //<br>/<br>This has been my biggest focus so far, coming from an Internet security <br>background when I was younger.</p><p>See: <a href="https://nicedaytherapy.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nicedaytherapy.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>/"Arden Tomison, CEO and founder of Thalamos"/ spoke on how his company <br>automates and streamlines complex bureaucracy and paperwork to both <br>speed patients getting help and extract the useful data from the forms <br>for clinicians to use. More at: <a href="https://www.thalamos.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thalamos.co.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>/"Dr Stefano Goria, co-founder and CTO at Thymia, gave an example of <br>'frontier AI': 'mental health biomarkers' which are 'driving towards <br>precision medicine' in mental health. Goria said thymia’s biomarkers <br>(e.g. how someone sounds, or how they appear in a video) could help <br>clinicians be aware of symptoms and diagnose conditions that are often <br>missed."//<br>/<br>Now **THIS** is how I'd like to receive my AI augmentation. Give me <br>improved diagnostic tools rather than replacing me with chatbots or <br>over-crowding the therapy process with too much automated tool data <br>collection (some is good). I just want this to remain in the hands of <br>the solo practitioner rather than being a performance monitor on us by <br>insurance companies. I want to see empowered clinicians.</p><p>Take a look at this at: <a href="https://thymia.ai/#our-products" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">thymia.ai/#our-products</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>*Warning on AI and Data in mental health: ‘Patients are drowning’**<br>*<a href="https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/10/warning-on-ai-and-data-in-mental-health-patients-are-drowning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalhealth.net/2023/10/warn</span><span class="invisible">ing-on-ai-and-data-in-mental-health-patients-are-drowning/</span></a></p><p>-- <br>*Michael Reeder, LCPC<br>*<br>*Hygeia Counseling Services : Baltimore / Mt. 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