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Psychiatrists’ Perceptions of AI-Based Chatbots in Mental Health Care

Psychiatrists’ Perceptions of AI-Based Chatbots in Mental Health Care

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0011712
Enrollment
408
Registered
2026-03-11
Start date
2025-10-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

National Traffic Injury Rehabilitation Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Individuals currently practicing as board-certified psychiatrists or undergoing residency training in psychiatry in South Korea 2. Individuals who received the study invitation through official channels of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association and voluntarily participated in the online survey 3. Individuals who read the study information sheet and completed the electronic informed consent process

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals who are neither psychiatry residents nor board-certified psychiatrists 2. Individuals training or practicing exclusively outside South Korea 3. Individuals who did not provide electronic informed consent 4. Duplicate survey responses identified as originating from the same participant (only the first response will be retained)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Perception scores regarding the three types of AI chatbots (therapeutic chatbots, general-purpose LLM chatbots, and social companion chatbots), including Likert-scale ratings of perceived usefulness, trustworthiness, safety, willingness to recommend, need for regulation, and expected future role

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of generative AI use during the past week;Self-rated level of understanding of how AI technology works;Perceived performance of current generative AI systems in the Korean language;Perceived understanding of Korean sociocultural context by generative AI systems;Perceived risk that AI chatbots may unintentionally reinforce delusional beliefs in patients with psychotic disorders

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactYOOSUK AN

National Traffic Injury Rehabilitation Hospital

goodpsydoc@snu.ac.kr+82-31-580-5555

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 20, 2026