ADAA Webinar: AI and Anxiety: What Helps, What Hurts, and What You Should Know

Join us July 23, for a free, live webinar by ADAA member experts, Grace Berman, LCSW, and Alnardo Martinez, LMHC, which will offer a general audience overview of how AI chatbots are being used for mental health purposes, with particular attention to anxiety disorders and OCD. 

Discussion topics will include:

• What users should consider before relying on AI for emotional support (including privacy and data concerns),
• The general risks of AI use for mental health concerns,
• Risks specific to anxiety disorders and OCD (such as reassurance-seeking and compulsive checking patterns), and
• Where AI tools may have a constructive role, particularly when integrated thoughtfully into work with a therapist.

Webinar Take-Aways

Attendees will:

• Understand how and why people are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for mental health support, and what risks to weigh before doing so.
• Learn the general risks of using AI chatbots for mental health concerns, as well as the specific ways these tools can interact with and potentially worsen anxiety disorders and OCD.
• Gain a framework for thinking about appropriate and potentially helpful uses of AI chatbots, including how to discuss AI use openly within therapy.