Dear friends of Access Institute,
May is mental health month, and it's time for us to recognize the mental health challenges we face as individuals and as a society. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the issue of social disconnection to the forefront, leading to increased loneliness and isolation and higher rates of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, recently declared loneliness and social disconnection as national problems, ones that deserve urgent attention.
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By Bart Magee, Ph.D.
A new generation of A.I. technologies released this spring shocked the world with its power, the extent of which we are only beginning to comprehend. The awareness that we are just at the floppy-disc phase of their development adds to our collective shudder—and awe. I have no doubt that A.I. will fundamentally change mental healthcare. While the opportunities are tremendous, I do have profound concerns about the potential for harm not only to individual patients, but for our collective mental health. |
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