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ArticleNature. Mental health2025

Advancing youth co-design of ethical guidelines for AI-powered digital mental health tools.

C A Figueroa, G Ramos, A M Psihogios, E Ekuban, P Bansie, M de Haas, N S Karnik, O Ajilore, E E Anderson, C Stiles-Shields

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Article in Nature. Mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

C A FigueroaTechnology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0692-2244
G RamosDepartment of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
A M PsihogiosDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
E EkubanBe Ubuntu Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
P BansieBe Ubuntu Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
M de HaasBe Ubuntu Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
N S KarnikInstitute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
O AjiloreDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0737-0437
E E AndersonNeiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
C Stiles-ShieldsInstitute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity in Heart and Lung diseases training program (PRISE-HL T32)T32HL166114 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Adithya Cattamanchi, Neeta Thakur · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
Supporting Mental Health in Underserved Youth: Engagement with Digital Mental Health Technologies in Pediatric Primary CareK08MH125069 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI STILES-SHIELDS, COLLEEN · 2021 to 2024
$628k
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL166114NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH125069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescents and young adults (AYA) often face mental health challenges and are heavily influenced by technology. Digital health interventions (DHIs), leveraging smartphone data and artificial intelligence, offer immense potential for personalized and accessible mental health support. However, ethical guidelines for DHI research fail to address AYA's unique developmental and technological needs and leave crucial ethical questions unanswered. This gap creates risks of either over- or under-protecting AYA in DHI research, slowing progress and causing harm. This Perspective examines ethical gaps in DHI research for AYA, focusing on three critical domains: challenges of passive data collection and artificial intelligence, consent practices, and risks of exacerbating inequities. We propose an agenda for ethical guidance based on bioethical principles autonomy, respect for persons, beneficence and justice, developed through participatory research with AYA, particularly marginalized groups. We discuss methodologies to achieve this agenda, ensuring ethical, youth-focused and equitable DHI research for the mental health of AYA.

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PMID42828330
PMCPMC13632709

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