{"id":16701,"date":"2024-09-30T10:10:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/?p=16701"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:23:40","slug":"use-and-limitations-of-chatgpt-in-mental-health-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/?p=16701","title":{"rendered":"Use and Limitations of ChatGPT in mental health disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jovana Petrovi\u0107, Iva Bini\u0107, Ma\u0161a Vacev and Stevo Luki\u0107<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract \/ Povzetek<\/strong><br \/>ChatGPT is one of the most advanced and rapidly evolving<br \/>large language model-based chatbots. It excels in everything<br \/>from handling simple questions to performing complex medical<br \/>examinations. While current technology cannot replace the<br \/>expertise and judgment of skilled psychiatrists, it can assist in<br \/>early detection of mental problems, patient evaluations,<br \/>differential diagnoses, psychotherapy and in planning and<br \/>conducting medical research. Ensuring privacy and adhering to<br \/>professional, ethical, and legal standards is crucial when<br \/>processing training data. This is especially important in mental<br \/>health settings, where disclosing sensitive personal information<br \/>increases the risk of data misuse and the potential for harmful<br \/>advice. Current uses of ChatGPT in mental health care are<br \/>constrained by its design as a general chatbot, rather than a<br \/>specialized psychiatric tool. Despite this, the model proves<br \/>useful for handling routine psychiatric and administrative tasks.<br \/>As GPT technology evolves, it holds significant promise for<br \/>psychiatry, including integration into diagnostics,<br \/>psychotherapy, and early detection of mental health issues. To<br \/>deploy these advancements responsibly and effectively, it is<br \/>crucial to develop and refine professional ethical standards and<br \/>practice guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IS2024_-_CHATGPT_in_MEDICINE_paper_6-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of IS2024_-_CHATGPT_in_MEDICINE_paper_6-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a6093888-d14f-4911-b41f-77bf994cbebd\" href=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IS2024_-_CHATGPT_in_MEDICINE_paper_6-1.pdf\">IS2024_-_CHATGPT_in_MEDICINE_paper_6-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IS2024_-_CHATGPT_in_MEDICINE_paper_6-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a6093888-d14f-4911-b41f-77bf994cbebd\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":24966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doi-chat-2024","category-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25090,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701\/revisions\/25090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}