Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78138, first published .
Comparing Human and AI Therapists in Behavioral Activation for Depression: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Comparing Human and AI Therapists in Behavioral Activation for Depression: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Comparing Human and AI Therapists in Behavioral Activation for Depression: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Inka Napiwotzki   1 * , MSc ;   Julian Laue   2 * , MSc ;   Flora Caldarone   1 , MSc ;   Maximilian Idahl   2 , MSc ;   Uwe Hadler   2 , MSc ;   Haithem Amrani   2 , MSc ;   Elisabeth Hildt   3 , Prof Dr ;   Kai G Kahl   1 , Prof Dr Med ;   Wolfgang Nejdl   2 , Prof Dr

1 Clinic for Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Department of Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

2 L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

3 Department of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Inka Napiwotzki, MSc
  • Clinic for Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Department of Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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  • Hannover 30625
  • Germany
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