Description
This package include TWO FORMS.
DISCLOSURE FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AI is a useful tool that psychotherapists may use to support them in completing administrative tasks and clinical documentation. In this evolving landscape of ethical challenges and legal risks, current regulatory standards governing the use of AI in mental health treatment are unclear. Additionally, there are no formal training protocols on the use of AI. Therefore, this document is not a formal “consent.” It is a “disclosure.” There is, however, an ethical framework based on our codes of ethics from which to monitor the use of AI. This disclosure provides the framework to recognize, analyze, resolve, or prevent ethical and legal risks in your clinical practice associated with the use of AI so that both the client and the therapist are protected.
This disclosure outlines the risks of AI and how they are addressed including:
- Security, confidentiality, and privacy issues as related to HIPAA and HITECH
- Data retention and storage
- Cultural bias
- “Hallucinations” or inaccurate information
- Potential loss of critical thinking, creativity, and human intuition
- Transparency, impersonation, cyberattacks, potential job loss
- And more…
It describes the benefits of AI and how you plan to use AI that may include:
- Streamlining the administrative and documentation tasks
- Creating individualized worksheets
- Providing insights into the client’s diagnosis, treatment, and coding of sessions
- Making useful therapeutic assessments and suggestions
- And more…
Customization
This document can and should be customized for your practice needs and state requirements, if your state has them. Areas that may need to be customized are highlighted in yellow. You may make any changes needed other than the copyright. This document is not a substitute for legal advice.
AI SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR THERAPISTS
A therapist should not use any AI tool without training on the use of AI and after determining under what circumstances AI is a safe adjunctive tool for their psychotherapy practice. The AI disclosure comes with this checklist to help the therapist determine if the AI software is competent and capable of meeting the ethical requirements of HIPAA and HITECH. This checklist is not a replacement for training on the use of AI or a substitute for legal advice.
