Most Read Blog Post for 2023: “Participatory Interactive Objectivity in...
Tekin, Ş. 2023. Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry. Imperfect Cognitions: Blog on delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, unrealistically optimistic...
View ArticleInterviewed by Metro, UK: “Can an AI bot become your friend?”
‘It would be wrong to overstate its capacities for responding to human challenges such as curbing loneliness, or supporting mental health in general.’ “Can an AI bot become your friend?,” Metro, UK, by...
View Article“Meet ChatPal, the European Bot Against Loneliness,” Algorithm Watch, by...
“Chatbot is very intrinsically, I think, a western concept because it kind of assumes that everyone who feels depressed or sad wants to talk about their experiences, or seek help but I have a hard time...
View ArticleMedium article: “Can AI Replace Therapy: Hey Pi is the Conversational Chatbot...
“Can AI Replace Therapy: Hey Pi is the Conversational Chatbot that Works,” Medium, by Ginger Liu. July 19, 2023: https://medium.com/technology-hits/how-pi-ai-replaced-my-therapist-72c21eca6f85 Tweet
View Article“The Ghost and the Machine: Will AI therapists ever master the mysteries of...
In 2018 Serife Tekin, an associate professor at the State University of New York who specialises in the philosophy of psychiatry, was targeted by Facebook adverts for the “mental health ally” chatbot...
View Article“Why is Lived Experience Inclusion Essential to Mental Healthcare?...
“Does experiencing something from the first-person perspective generate new knowledge? This question has been debated in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and neuroscience, with literature...
View Article“AI Therapy: Could Your Next Therapist be a Robot,” Stonybrook Press, by Kaan...
“AI Therapy: Could Your Next Therapist be a Robot,” Stonybrook Press, by Kaan Ozcan, November 11, 2023: https://sbpress.com/2023/11/ai-therapy-could-your-next-therapist-be-a-robot/ Tweet
View ArticleRadio Interview: “Worries about AI; A Treatable Health Condition; Fixing...
“Worries about AI; A Treatable Health Condition; Fixing Injured Joints” Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2024; WRVO, NPR:...
View ArticleAI and the Future of Psychiatry the Focus of a Presentation Hosted by the NE...
“We should stop calling these apps a medical device or tool or therapist until we prove and show that they are efficacious as medical tools. I think that the researchers and these developers need to do...
View ArticleMedical News Today Article: “Depression: VR may Help Improve Mental Health”
“We do know,” said Tekin, “both from research and patients’ first-person reports, that active engagement in one’s own recovery process strengthens patients’ agency and feelings of control and command...
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