Digital Mental Health and Artificial Intelligence: Clinical Perspectives and Patient Safety
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 98
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cyberpsychology; telepsychotherapy; virtual reality; e-health; clinical trials; anxiety disorders; psychopathology
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid advancement of digital technologies has significantly transformed the delivery of mental health care, including telepsychotherapy, mobile health applications, online interventions, virtual and extended reality tools, social robots, and artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted systems. These innovations have improved access to care and enabled more personalized, scalable, and data-driven clinical interventions across diverse patient populations.
At the same time, the integration of digital platforms into mental health services raises important clinical concerns related to patient safety, data privacy, and cybersecurity. Given the highly sensitive nature of mental health data, ensuring secure and trustworthy digital environments is essential for protecting patient confidentiality and supporting the safe implementation of AI-driven tools in clinical practice. In this context, cybersecurity is not only a technical issue but also a critical component of patient safety, influencing clinical decision-making, treatment adherence, and trust in digital health interventions.
This Special Issue, “Digital Mental Health and Artificial Intelligence: Clinical Perspectives and Patient Safety”, aims to explore the clinical applications of AI and digital technologies in mental health care, with a particular focus on patient outcomes, safety, and ethical considerations. We welcome contributions addressing clinical practice, real-world implementation, and the impact of digital mental health tools on diagnosis, treatment, and long-term patient management. Topics of interest include AI-assisted clinical decision-making, digital therapeutics, telepsychiatry, virtual and extended reality interventions, and the integration of emerging technologies into routine care.
In addition, this Special Issue encourages submissions that examine cybersecurity and data protection from a clinical perspective, including their implications for patient safety, risk management, regulatory frameworks, and the development of trustworthy mental health systems. Human factors, digital trust, and the psychological and clinical consequences of interacting with AI-based tools are also of particular interest.
By bringing together clinicians, researchers, and interdisciplinary experts, this Special Issue seeks to advance the safe, effective, and clinically meaningful integration of artificial intelligence and digital technologies into modern mental health care.
Dr. Stéphane Bouchard
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mental health care
- telepsychiatry
- telepsychotherapy
- patient safety
- health care data
- clinical practice
- digital mental health interventions
- artificial intelligence in psychiatry
- digital trust human–robot interactions
- social networks
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