AI for Mental Health
Our team has been developing and testing AI-based tools to support effective use of Evidence based treatments for PTSD and other mental health problems.
Click on this link to learn more: https://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/special-initiatives/ai4mh/use
A selection of recent papers in this area from our team:
Stade, E.C., Stirman, S.W., Ungar, L.H. et al. Large language models could change the future of behavioral healthcare: a proposal for responsible development and evaluation. npj Mental Health Res 3, 12 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00056-z
Stade, E. C., Eichstaedt, J. C., Kim, J. P., & Stirman, S. W. (2025). Readiness Evaluation for Artificial Intelligence-Mental Health Deployment and Implementation (READI): A Review and Proposed Framework. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000163
Scholich T, Barr M, Wiltsey Stirman S, Raj S., A Comparison of Responses from Human Therapists and Large Language Model–Based Chatbots to Assess Therapeutic Communication: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e69709; doi: 10.2196/69709
Held, P., Stade, E. C., Dondanville, K., & Stirman, S. W. (in press). Generative Artificial Intelligence in PTSD Treatment: Exploring Five Different Use Cases. Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sv5px_v2
Stade, E. C., Eichstaedt, j. C., Kaysen, D., Salecha, A., Greenberger, A., Singhvi, S., & Stirman, S. W. (in press). TherapyTrainer: Using AI to train therapists in written exposure therapy. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/wx93m
Stade, E. C., Stirman, S. W., Held, P., Schwartz, H. A., & Eichstaedt, j. C. (2024, December 7). Designing Clinical Psychological AI that Reduces Suffering: Challenges and Technical Considerations. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tjv8p
Articles and Policy Briefs:
A Blueprint for Using AI in Psychotherapy | Stanford HAI
HAI-Policy-Brief-Responsible-Development-LLMs-Psychotherapy.pdf