Why AI won’t put therapists out of a job
Dr. Howard Weeks is featured in this Becker's Behavioral Health article which discusses the importance and continued need for behavioral health providers--especially those who specialize in treating eating disorders. In the piece, Dr. Weeks notes while AI has become a helpful tool in some spaces (such as data collection), it can't replace the role of a therapist.
Finding behavioral health providers is hard. Finding providers equipped to treat eating disorders is harder, according to Howard Weeks, MD, chief medical officer at Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center.
Eating Recovery Center is launching its own two-year residency program to train physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other professionals on treating eating disorders.
“This is intensive work. It’s not something where you can go to a weekend course and be certified,” Dr. Weeks said. “This takes treating several hundred patients, and seeing them for an extended period of time. We’ve developed a very robust curriculum that would match what you see in any formal residency.”