title: Artificial intelligence and psychiatry.
abstract: This paper provides a brief historical introduction to the new field of artificial intelligence and describes some applications to psychiatry. It focuses on two successful programs: a model of paranoid processes and an expert system for the pharmacological management of depressive disorders. Finally, it reviews evidence in favor of computerized psychotherapy and offers speculations on the future development of research in this area.
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software; D014167:Transference, Psychology