Live webinar air date: November 6, 2026, 1 p.m., Eastern time
Date
CE credits
1.5
Description
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming health care, creating both exciting opportunities and complex ethical challenges for health service psychologists. This program introduces participants to the benefits, risks, and ethical considerations of AI, including privacy, autonomy, scientific accuracy, bias, equity, and societal impact. Presenters with expertise in ethics, health service psychology, and AI apply a practical ethical decision-making model to real-world scenarios. Relevant Ethics Code provisions are discussed. Attendees learn a process-oriented approach for identifying and resolving AI-related ethical dilemmas while exploring ways to harness AI’s potential responsibly and effectively in health service psychological practice.
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Learning objectives
- Discuss at least three ethical concerns specific to the ethics of health service psychologists.
- Identify at least three benefits of AI related to the work of health service psychology.
Presenters
Lindsay Childress-Beatty, JD, PhD, CAE
Childress-Beatty is APA’s first chief of ethics and has been engaged in ethics work for more than two decades. A licensed attorney also trained as a clinical psychologist, she presents on ethics topics nationally and internationally, including numerous appearances focused on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
Laura Lamminen, PhD, ABPP
Lamminen is a licensed psychologist and consultant with over 20 years of experience with ethical practice, trauma-informed care, and high-risk populations. She is board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology and has served on multiple ethics committees, including the APA Ethics Committee (2022–24). Her work includes ethics consultation and systems-level experience in corporate and tech-driven mental health settings, with a focus on supporting ethical innovation and responsible clinical practice.
David Cooper, PsyD
Cooper is a digital health expert who is currently the chair of the APA’s Mental Health Tech Advisory Committee and previously the executive director of Therapists in Tech, the largest organization of clinicians in digital mental health. He has worked with organizations like the US Department of Defense, the AMA and FDA, and many top hospitals in the US on their digital health strategies.
Jessica L. Jackson, PhD
Jackson is a licensed psychologist and executive leader helping organizations navigate emerging challenges and make thoughtful decisions about the future of mental health. As vice president of Alliance Development at Mental Health America, FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee member, and inaugural past chair of APA’s Mental Health Technology Advisory Committee, she advises leaders across healthcare, technology, philanthropy, and public policy on responsible innovation, equitable implementation, and the future of mental health.
Leanna Fortunato, PhD
Fortunato is a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of quality and innovation within the Office of Health Care Innovation at APA. Fortunato’s work focuses on finding creative ways to harness technology to make high-quality mental health care more accessible for all. She contributes to the development and implementation of strategies that promote psychological practice innovation in the realms of digital mental health and measurement-based care.
