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By Brett Stephan, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Clinical Director at Tessahealth and Consulting Associate, Duke University My patients bring up ChatGPT on a regular basis, and for good reason. I've heard patients say that ChatGPT, or Claude, or Gemini, helped them figure out what to say when they finally reached out for help. A few patients have asked me directly whether they still need to see me at all when they can get advice from a chatbot instead. When patients ask me about using

By Brett Stephan, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Clinical Director at Tessahealth and Consulting Associate, Duke University If you've never seen a psychiatric provider before, you probably have questions. What will they ask? How long does it take? Will they push me to take medication? Will it feel embarrassing? These are normal questions. Most of my patients tell me they were nervous before their first appointment. Some had been thinking about it for months before they finally reached