# Can AI help solve the mental health crisis? With Vaile Wright, PhD

An episode of [Speaking of Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/705934263), 16 Jul 2025, 30 min.

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People are increasingly turning to chatbots for mental health advice and support – even as researchers work to develop safe, evidence-based AI mental health interventions. Vaile Wright, PhD, discusses the promises, limitations and risks of AI in mental health; how AI tools are already being used in mental health care; how these tools could help expand access to care; and how AI might change what therapy looks like in the future. Please take our listener survey at http://at.apa.org/SoPSurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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