Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry: A Qualitative Study of Gen Z in Indonesia
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2023-07-13
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Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) in psychiatry is increasingly being developed worldwide to help overcome the rising prevalence of psychiatric disorders, especially among Generation Z, but its potential remains questionable.
Objective: This study aims to understand and explore the perceptions of Generation Z towards using AI in the psychiatric field and its potential to develop in Indonesia.
Methods: The study is conducted using an online survey via Google Forms involving 36 undergraduate students spread across 18 universities in Indonesia. This study conducted a thematic analysis of responses that answered seven open-ended questions regarding respondents’ prior knowledge, opinions on the advantages, disadvantages, and the capacity of AI to replace the role of psychiatrists, and the development potential of AI in psychiatry in psychiatry in Indonesia.
Results: Most respondents mentioned that AI could help psychiatrists in the screening and diagnosing process, while the least mentioned is in giving therapy. Accessibility and efficiency are the most mentioned advantages of AI in psychiatry, followed by its technical advantages and its ability to minimize human error. At the same time, lack of empathy and reliability issues are the most mentioned disadvantages of AI in psychiatry, followed by interaction barriers and the probability of system error. AI in psychiatry is mentioned to be well-developed in the future, with resources, infrastructures, and government supports becoming the factors that can affect its development.
Conclusion: Understanding Generation Z`s perceptions of AI in psychiatry is essential to maximize the potential of AI usage and development in the future of the psychiatric field. Gen Z gives divergent views of AI’s value and impact in psychiatry with worrying omissions about safety issues, regulations, and practice guidelines.
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Artificial intelligence, psychiatry, Generation Z