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| NAMI Ask the Expert Presents: |
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| Facts, Myths and Misconceptions About AI |
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| | Thursday, December 11, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET |
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It seems like each week we hear more about what AI can do for both good and bad in mental health. |
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Join us for our upcoming NAMI Ask the Expert webinar, featuring digital psychiatry expert John Torous MD MBI, which aims to go beyond the hype and explore how AI really works. |
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| | What AI does well Where it makes mistakes Where it may move next
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Taking a critical lens, we will explore the current evidence for AI in mental health treatments, the known risks/harms, and introduce ways to make more informed decisions around whether and which AI to use. |
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Whether you are a care provider, individual with lived experience, or just generally curious, this webinar will shed light on why we as NAMI need to engage in the AI conversation - and how we can best ensure that people are getting the care they need in today’s world. |
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| Reserve your spot today and submit your questions for our guest expert through the registration form! |
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| John Torous, MD MBI
Director of the Digital Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
John Torous, MD MBI is director of the digital psychiatry division, in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a Harvard Medical School affiliated teaching hospital, where he also serves as a staff psychiatrist and associate professor. He has a background in electrical engineering and computer sciences and received an undergraduate degree in the field from UC Berkeley before attending medical school at UC San Diego. He completed his psychiatry residency, fellowship in clinical informatics, and master's degree in biomedical informatics at Harvard. Dr. Torous is active in investigating the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry and his team supports mindapps.org as the largest database of mental health apps, the mindLAMP technology platform for scalable digital phenotyping and intervention, and the Digital Navigator program to promote digital equity and access. Dr. Torous has published over 300 peer reviewed articles and 5 book chapters on the topic |
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