The impact of AI development on professional contacts in mental health area
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therapy apps, chatbots, psychological services, artificial intelligence, online therapyAbstract
The development of new technologies in World 4.0 poses many challenges to society that humanity has never faced before. Psychological support services are not an exception. The development of AI offers new possibilities for dealing with patients and may even change the key principles of psychology practice in the future.
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