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Sep 2026
Predicting Symptom Change in Mental Health Chatbot Interventions: A Meta-Analysis.
Mental health-focused chatbots have emerged as scalable interventions that deliver therapeutic content through conversational interfaces. This meta-analysis of 35 studies (N = 1,780) indicates that chatbots can reduce depression (g = -.53, 95% CI [-.67,-.40]) and anxiety (g = -.36, 95% CI [-.46,-.27]) symptoms over tim...
Camille J. Saucier, Huaye Li, Christopher Calabrese et al.
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