AI Chatbots to Help with Mental Health Struggles — VOA Learning English
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
The mental health chatbot Earkick greets users with a friendly-looking panda that could fit easily in a children’s program.
When users talk about anxiety, the panda gives the kind of comforting statements that a trained mental health professional, called a therapist, would say. Then it might suggest breathing exercises or give advice on how to deal with stress.
Earkick is one of hundreds of free chatbots aimed at dealing with a mental health crisis among young people. But the co-founder of Earkick, Karin Andrea Stephan, says he and the other creators do not “feel comfortable” calling their chatbots a therapy tool.
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