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Re:A therapy chatbot for depression by rschneid on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:02PM (#14509848)
This is the right idea; it isn't about digitally replacing treatment. It's entirely about augmenting it.

This kind of technology in medicine is about enabling human doctors to treat patients better with more (hopefully meaningful) data points at their fingertips. You might be surprised how far behind the medical industry is when it comes to reaching out to the smartphone generation.

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Re:A therapy chatbot for depression by WalterSear on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:31PM (#14510035)
It's going to be about both. It's >already< about both.

There are therapists, and there are books on CBT. This is an extension of the second, more than the first. It's really nothing more than an electronic version of a choose-your-own-adventure book

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