{"id":9214,"date":"2020-10-15T09:29:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2020-10-15T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:17:23","slug":"would-you-rather-talk-mental-health-with-a-bot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2020\/10\/15\/would-you-rather-talk-mental-health-with-a-bot\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you Rather Talk Mental Health with a Bot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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15:28:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 09:24:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 09:38:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 17:56:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 20:08:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 19:36:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 20:19:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 09:23:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 09:23:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Apparently, quite a lot of people would prefer to talk to a robot, when compared to talking to their employer or coworkers. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ashleystahl\/2020\/10\/09\/what-the-future-of-work-means-for-our-mental-health\/#7d69c9060f7a\">this article by Ashley Stahl<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The data is staggering: pre Covid-19,\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/aware\/the-stigma-of-mental-illness\/#:~:text=Of%20Mental%20Illness-,The%20Stigma%20of%20Mental%20Illness,even%20from%20their%20own%20families.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/aware\/the-stigma-of-mental-illness\/#:~:text=Of%20Mental%20Illness-,The%20Stigma%20of%20Mental%20Illness,even%20from%20their%20own%20families.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/aware\/the-stigma-of-mental-illness\/#:~:text=Of%20Mental%20Illness-,The%20Stigma%20of%20Mental%20Illness,even%20from%20their%20own%20families.\" aria-label=\"one in five Americans\">one in five Americans<\/a>\u00a0struggle with mental health and yet,\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nami.org\/NAMI\/media\/NAMI-Media\/Infographics\/GeneralMHFacts.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nami.org\/NAMI\/media\/NAMI-Media\/Infographics\/GeneralMHFacts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.nami.org\/NAMI\/media\/NAMI-Media\/Infographics\/GeneralMHFacts.pdf\" aria-label=\"60% of those adults\">60% of those adults<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t receive any medical support. Despite the prevalence, a \u201cstigma\u201d exists in preventing people from reaching out and getting the help they need. All this privacy and stigmatization is likely why\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/human-capital-management\/ai-at-work\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/human-capital-management\/ai-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/human-capital-management\/ai-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"68% of people\">68% of people<\/a>\u00a0would prefer to talk to a robot over their manager about stress and anxiety at work and\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/human-capital-management\/ai-at-work\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/human-capital-management\/ai-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/human-capital-management\/ai-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"80% of people\">80% of people<\/a>\u00a0are open to having a robot as a therapist or counselor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder how many people would feel similarly had the question been about a spouse or parent? I would hope it&#8217;s not 68%, but there are certain benefits to talking to someone who won&#8217;t use it against you later, right?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad so many people are open to having a robot therapist, because as we have discussed many times, we don&#8217;t have nearly enough therapists to treat everyone who needs it, and you can&#8217;t just create more trained therapists very quickly. With good enough artificial intelligence programming, we CAN spin up more trained chat robots to meet the need. Is the programming good enough today? I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m guessing there is still some work to do, but at what point is it better than what we have now for so many people, which is nothing?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d argue that point may already be here, but, as with any kind of new treatment option, we want to first make sure that it won&#8217;t do harm. I&#8217;m hoping we can get over that hurdle safely. This could really provide some level of assistance to so many who don&#8217;t have any. It could also help people avoid the stigma attached with &#8220;going to therapy&#8221; when they can do it in an app, or from home. It sucks that there is still so much stigma attached to that, but that is the world we live in right now.<\/p>\n<p>The important thing, though, is that while we continue to fight to erase the stigma, that people who need help, can find some. I&#8217;m certainly open to looking at any way technology can help us do that. Obviously, the alternatives are falling short. So why not?<\/p>\n<p>Do go read Ashley&#8217;s article, it&#8217;s full of good information about mental health and work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><span class=\"syn-text\">Also on:<\/span><ul class=\"relsyn\"><li><a aria-label=\"facebook\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/219569363651\/posts\/295771032372868\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-facebook\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>Facebook<\/title><path d=\"M9.101 23.691v-7.98H6.627v-3.667h2.474v-1.58c0-4.085 1.848-5.978 5.858-5.978.401 0 .955.042 1.468.103a8.68 8.68 0 0 1 1.141.195v3.325a8.623 8.623 0 0 0-.653-.036 26.805 26.805 0 0 0-.733-.009c-.707 0-1.259.096-1.675.309a1.686 1.686 0 0 0-.679.622c-.258.42-.374.995-.374 1.752v1.297h3.919l-.386 2.103-.287 1.564h-3.246v8.245C19.396 23.238 24 18.179 24 12.044c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12s-12 5.373-12 12c0 5.628 3.874 10.35 9.101 11.647Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"x\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CA_Survivor\/status\/1449103167715692544\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-x\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"X\" title=\"X\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>X<\/title><path d=\"M18.901 1.153h3.68l-8.04 9.19L24 22.846h-7.406l-5.8-7.584-6.638 7.584H.474l8.6-9.83L0 1.154h7.594l5.243 6.932ZM17.61 20.644h2.039L6.486 3.24H4.298Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m glad so many people are open to having a robot therapist, because as we have discussed many times, we don&#8217;t have nearly enough therapists to treat everyone who needs it, and you can&#8217;t just create more trained therapists very quickly. With good enough artificial intelligence programming, we CAN spin up more trained chat robots to meet the need. Is the programming good enough today? I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m guessing there is still some work to do, but at what point is it better than what we have now for so many people, which is nothing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mf2_syndication":[],"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,64,17,52,34],"class_list":["post-9214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anxiety","tag-covid-19","tag-mentalhealth","tag-stigma","tag-therapy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Would you Rather Talk Mental Health with a Bot?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2020\/10\/15\/would-you-rather-talk-mental-health-with-a-bot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Would you Rather Talk Mental Health with a Bot?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#039;m glad so many people are open to having a robot therapist, because as we have discussed many times, we don&#039;t have nearly enough therapists to treat everyone who needs it, and you can&#039;t just create more trained therapists very quickly. 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