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Viewpoints and Perspectives in AI (166) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3207) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (2461) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1608) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (1177) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (1518)

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Perceived Support Is Not Psychological Change: Reframing AI Chatbots in Mental Health Care

Perceived Support Is Not Psychological Change: Reframing AI Chatbots in Mental Health Care

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Michal Mahat-Shamir1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maya Payes1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maya Kagan1 Author Orcid Image
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Michal Mahat-Shamir   1 * , PhD ;   Maya Payes   1 * , MSW ;   Maya Kagan   1 * , PhD

1 School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Judea and Samaria Area, Israel

*all authors contributed equally

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