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Mental Health, Bioethics and Policy Lab
Tel Aviv University

The lab studies the meeting point of mental health, ethics, law and policy: what happens to the therapeutic relationship, to professional authority and to patients' rights when artificial intelligence enters the consulting room; how to regulate coercion and risk assessment in psychiatry in a way that respects the person; and how perceptions of health shape behavior. Our studies combine quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods with tools from philosophy, law and psychology, and many of them are carried out together with professionals from the field.

Three main research lines: responsible artificial intelligence in mental health and care; law, coercion and rights in mental health; health perception and health behaviors. The lab works in close collaboration with Tel Aviv University's Initiative for Responsible AI in Medicine, headed by Dr. Asman.

Research

Our research addresses current issues, striving to stay connected to the field while also shedding conceptual and normative light on fundamental questions that arise from practice. Many of our projects involve professionals from a range of disciplines. Among the lab's projects:

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  • Guidelines for the Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Outpatient Mental Health Services (research grant: the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research)

  • Algorithmic Bias and the Rights of People with Disabilities (research grant: Minerva Foundation)

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence in Halachic Bioethical Decision-Making

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence in Patient Education by Nurses (thesis research)

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence in Ethical Decision-Making by Nurses (thesis research)

  • Hyper Health Perception (several thesis studies)

  • Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Proceedings Involving Coercion in Mental Health Care

  • Transparency Regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy

  • Risk Assessment and Decisions on Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization with the Support of Artificial Intelligence (thesis research)

  • Video Conferencing in Involuntary Hospitalization Hearings: Ethical and Legal Aspects

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Latest Publications

Responsible artificial intelligence in mental health

This series of studies seeks to examine, from multiple perspectives, the question of how best to integrate artificial intelligence-based technologies into work within the public and private mental health systems, as well as in tools intended for self-use or for promoting well-being that are accessible to anyone.

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To explore the possibility of joining the Asman Lab for Mental Health, Bioethics and Policy, for your medical school final project, thesis, or doctoral research, or to inquire about hiring the lab’s services for bioethical consultation and mental health policy advising, feel free to contact us!

asman@tauex.tau.ac.il 
03-6408488

Tel Aviv University, 30 Haim Levanon St.,
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978

Contact Us

To explore the possibility of joining the Asman Lab for Mental Health, Bioethics and Policy, for your medical school final project, thesis, or doctoral research, or to inquire about hiring the lab’s services for bioethical consultation and mental health policy advising, feel free to contact us!

asman@tauex.tau.ac.il 
03-6408488

30 Haim Levanon st., Ramat Aviv

Tel Aviv 69978

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