New research presented May 17 at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting compared an AI therapist and a human therapist based on their delivery of text-based cognitive behavioral therapy ...

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a specific type of cognitive-behavioral therapy found to be effective for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people who have experienced violence, ...

LOS ANGELES — Artificial intelligence (AI) falls short of human therapists when it comes to empathy and emotional connection in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), initial results of a ...

Talking therapy, or psychotherapy, can form part of the treatment plan for a multitude of mental health conditions, and can be used to improve a patient’s mental health as a sole form of treatment, or ...

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is a type of psychotherapy for children who have experienced a traumatic event or series of traumatic events. TF-CBT involves safe participation ...

In any year, one in five people will experience symptoms of a mental illness. While drug treatments are widely used and can be effective, they sometimes come with troubling side-effects such as weight ...