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Mind Matters: Can Mental Health Apps And AI Chatbots Help Me?

Associate Professor Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, University Malaya Medical Centre

18-Jul-23 16:00

Mind Matters: Can Mental Health Apps And AI Chatbots Help Me?

There’s an app for everything these days, and that includes mental health. From making mood tracking easier to using artificial intelligence to offer support, how helpful are these options? Is it for everyone? On this month’s episode of Mind Matters, Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin joins us to share what he thinks and to ponder the ethics of relying on technology for our mental health.


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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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Categories:  medical advances,  wellness,  technology

Tags:  AI chatbots,  mindmatters,  mental health,  artificial intelligence,  psychologist,  psychiatrist,  counsellor,  privacy,  pdpa, 


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