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Development, validation and AI chatbot evaluation of the Adolescent Mental Health AI Response Tool
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Nature Mental Health, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s44220-026-00753-yThe authors developed and tested the Adolescent Mental Health AI Response Tool (AMHART), a clinician-informed tool to evaluate AI chatbot responses to adolescents disclosing anxiety or depression. Applying AMHART to four widely used AI chatbots revealed that these models have greater coverage for anxiety than depression and…