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	Podcast:		All In The Mind
	Episode:		The silicon shrink – the worrying side of AI in mental health
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:29:06
	Publish Date:		2025-04-19 18:00:00
	Description:		Chat bots as therapists. Apps that can track your mood and behaviour, offering earlier detection of psychiatric illness. There's a lot happening at the nexus of mental health and AI – some of it promising, some of it perilous. Today, science writer and author of The Silicon Shrink, Daniel Oberhaus, takes us on a journey through this emerging space. We'll look at the potential benefits, the major limitations and the ethics of adding AI into our mental health mix. And just a heads up, this episode touches on the topic of suicide, please take care while listening. Resources: Lifeline Australia Beyond Blue 13YARN
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