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Randomized trial of an AI therapy chatbot on Mexican women found “improved mental health by 0.3 SD over 6 months with no evidence of an incr…
Randomized trial of an AI therapy chatbot on Mexican women found “improved mental health by 0.3 SD over 6 months with no evidence of an increase of severe cases; improved sleep, healthful behaviors, d
Randomized trial of an AI therapy chatbot on Mexican women found “improved mental health by 0.3 SD over 6 months with no evidence of an increase of severe cases; improved sleep, healthful behaviors, daily functioning & labor market outcomes” Big results for a cheap intervention. AI-powered mental health apps are all the rage. But do they work? This new experiment on women in Mexico says they do! The experiment tested the effects of Mindsurf, whose app (among other things) provides users with access to an AI conversational agent trained on Cognitive Behav…
Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-05-01