Clinical and sociodemographic predictors of AI use for mental health among college students
Journal of affective disorders, 2026
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- Design
- Cross-sectional survey
- Risk of bias
- Some concerns
- Sample
- n = 675
- AI type
- General-purpose assistants
- Outcomes
- Help-seeking, Mood
Authors' conclusion
“Students with severe mental health symptoms and some marginalized groups are using unregulated AI tools at elevated rates. Findings underscore the need for research on AI safety for distressed individuals and policies accounting for heterogeneity in who uses these tools.”Quoted verbatim from the abstract.
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