This article is about habits and behaviour. What Makes Up Your Mind focuses on AI for Mental Health: Human-Assist Tools for Training and New Treatment Delivery, with Dr. Shannon Wiltsey Stirman.
This mini-series episode of What Makes Up Your Mind looks at another aspect of AI for Mental Health (AI4MH), a Special Initiative of the Chair of Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Our guest, Dr. Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, is developing ways to utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance the delivery and availability of the latest mental health treatments for PTSD. As a professor of psychiatry with many years working with the veteran community, Dr. Wiltsey Stirman knows well how the shortage of therapists, and their over-extended bandwidth, limits their access to training and administering the newest in ever-evolving, evidence-based medical care. As co-Director of CREATE – Stanford’s Center for Responsible and Effective AI… …read more
Why it matters
Habits matter because repeated patterns can either support steadiness or keep people stuck in avoidable pressure. For readers, the value is not in treating a single story as an answer, but in noticing the practical themes it raises for everyday wellbeing.
HOF perspective
A wellbeing-focused approach can support the mental rehearsal of better responses before old patterns take over. The emphasis should stay on calm, practical support rather than claims of guaranteed change.
Practical takeaway
Link one helpful behaviour to something you already do each day.
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