Summary
The APA Ethics Committee issued guidance on how health service psychologists should integrate artificial intelligence into practice, grounding recommendations in the APA Ethics Code. The document addresses transparency with clients, informed consent, competence, privacy and data security, bias mitigation, documentation, and maintaining human clinical judgment when using AI-enabled tools in assessment, treatment, supervision, and practice management.
Healthcare Implications
The guidance offers a nonbinding but influential framework for psychologists and other mental health providers who are beginning to use AI for documentation, decision support, and digital interventions. By emphasizing human oversight, protection of sensitive health data, and active monitoring of bias and model limitations, it helps shape safer deployment of AI in behavioral health care and can serve as a benchmark for clinic policies and vendor design choices.