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Formative Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (3229) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740) Eating Disorders (102) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (487) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (558)

Published on in Vol 6, No 1 (2022): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28003, first published .
The Challenges in Designing a Prevention Chatbot for Eating Disorders: Observational Study

The Challenges in Designing a Prevention Chatbot for Eating Disorders: Observational Study

The Challenges in Designing a Prevention Chatbot for Eating Disorders: Observational Study

Authors of this article:

William W Chan1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Ellen E Fitzsimmons-Craft3 Author Orcid Image ;   Arielle C Smith3 Author Orcid Image ;   Marie-Laure Firebaugh3 Author Orcid Image ;   Lauren A Fowler3 Author Orcid Image ;   Bianca DePietro3 Author Orcid Image ;   Naira Topooco2, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Denise E Wilfley3 Author Orcid Image ;   C Barr Taylor1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicholas C Jacobson5 Author Orcid Image
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  8. Sharp G, Torous J, West M. Ethical Challenges in AI Approaches to Eating Disorders. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023;25:e50696 View
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  20. Schäfer L, Krause T, Köhler S. Exploring user characteristics, motives, and expectations and the therapeutic alliance in the mental health conversational AI Clare®: a baseline study. Frontiers in Digital Health 2025;7 View
  21. Cross S, Mangelsdorf S, Valentine L, O'Sullivan S, McEnery C, Scott I, Gilbertson T, Louis S, Myer J, Liu P, Dhonnagáin N, Wren T, Carey E, Cagliarini D, Jacobs R, Pot-Kolder R, Bell I, Nicholas J, Valmaggia L, Gleeson J, Alvarez-Jimenez M. Insights from fifteen years of real-world development, testing and implementation of youth digital mental health interventions. Internet Interventions 2025;41:100849 View
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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Laboe A, Shah J, Fitzsimmons-Craft E. Eating Disorders. View
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