Infographic: Best practices
Details of infographic from APA’s 2026 Chatbots and Mental Health Survey
Most psychologists don’t trust chatbots to follow best practices
% of psychologists
AI-assisted therapy will introduce more risks to patients than traditional treatments
- Strongly disagree: 2%
- Somewhat disagree: 18%
- Somewhat agree: 46%
- Strongly agree: 34%
I trust tech companies to protect patients’ private mental health data
- Strongly disagree: 77%
- Somewhat disagree: 17%
- Somewhat agree: 5%
- Strongly agree: 1%