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Can an AI chatbot make a good therapist?
15 minutes Posted Oct 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
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AI chatbots have come a long way and can be pretty helpful.
But do they make good therapists? 
More young people are turning to chatbots to seek personal mental health advice.
Today, psychiatrist Andrew Clark, who’s been testing the technology, reveals the good, bad and the ugly when a robot becomes a therapist.
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Andrew Clark, US-based psychiatrist