A Conversational Artificial Intelligence Agent for a Mental Health Care App: Evaluation Study of Its Participatory Design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile apps for mental health are available on the market. Although they seem to be promising for improving the accessibility of mental health care, little is known about their acceptance, design methodology, evaluation, and integration into psychotherapy protocols. This makes it difficult for health care professionals to judge whether these apps may help them and their patients.

Objective

Our aim is to describe and evaluate a protocol for the participatory design of mobile apps for mental health. In this study, participants and psychotherapists are engaged in the early phases of the design and development of the app empowered by conversational artificial intelligence (AI). The app supports interventions for stress management training based on cognitive behavioral

SUBMITTER: Danieli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature