Generative AI-assisted clinical interviewing of mental health.

ABSTRACT: The standard assessment of mental health typically involves clinical interviews conducted by highly trained clinicians. While effective, this approach faces substantial limitations, including high costs, high clinician workload, variability in expertise, and a lack of standardization. Recent progress in large language models (LLMs) offer a promising avenue to address these limitations by simulating clinician-administered interviews through AI-powered systems. However, few studies have rigorously validated such tools. In this study, we used TalkToAlba to develop and evaluat an AI assistant designed to conduct clinical interviews aligned with DSM-5 criteria. Participants (N = 303) included individuals with self-reported clinician-diagnosed mental health disorders, namely, major depressive di

SUBMITTER: Sikstrom S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12572119 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature