The ethics of Artificial Intelligence-based psychotherapy and the future of psychiatry

With increasing use of AI in public life, various technological tools like ChatGPT are being used for psychotherapy. Psychiatrists face unique ethical challenges in understanding their use. Clinicians have an obligation to advise policymakers and to update scope of practice laws related to the mental health workforce and technology. Coordinating therapeutic interventions with patient use of ChatGPT or other applications, the need for data storage, the maintenance of patient confidentiality, and medico-legal responsibilities of clinicians are discussed.