Specialized or General-Purpose—The Wrong Question for Mental Health AI Safety
This Viewpoint discusses developing a taxonomy of AI mental health harm and understanding how to assess and respond to those harms to advance AI safety.
Authors
- Mark Kalinich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8794-1289)
- Benjamin W. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-7674)
- John Torous
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2026-06-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.11448
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00