Mental Health, Bioethics and Policy Lab
(Dr. Oren Asman)
Mental Health, Bioethics and Policy Lab
(Dr. Oren Asman)
Research
The laboratory’s research focuses on contemporary issues, aiming to stay connected to the field while also shedding conceptual and/or normative light on fundamental questions that emerge from practice. Here are some of the main projects we are currently engaged in:
Law, Coercion and Rights in Mental Health
"Non-Judgmental Quasi-Judicial": Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization Proceedings
Artificial Intelligence as a Supportive Tool in Risk Assessment and Decisions on Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization (thesis)
Video Conferencing in Involuntary Hospitalization Hearings: Ethical and Legal Aspects
Representing the Will of Patients Who Cannot Express Their Views
Algorithmic Bias and the Rights of People with Disabilities (Minerva Foundation grant, 2025-2026)
Caregivers' Attitudes Toward Compulsory Treatment of Physical Illness During Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization (Nursing Ethics, 2023)
Health Perception and Health Behaviors
Hyper Health Perception: Conceptualization, Scale Development and Validation, and Five Master's Theses on Its Relations with Health Behaviors, Hypochondriasis, Social Support, Well-Being and the Birth Experience
Shared Decision-Making: Factors Related to Surgeons' Intentions to Involve Patients in the Decision
Boundary-Blurring Behaviors in Social Media Communication Between Lecturers and Nursing Students (BMC Nursing, 2024)
Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health and Care
Feasibility of Responsible Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Israel's Outpatient Mental Health Services (Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research grant, 2025-2026; final report submitted in 2026)
Guidelines for the Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Services (an output of the study)
Transparency Regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy (Sihot, 2026)
Responsible Design, Integration and Use of Generative AI in Mental Health: Theme Issue of JMIR Mental Health (2025)
Generative Artificial Intelligence as Support for Nurses' Ethical Decision-Making (thesis; and "A Responsible Approach to Innovation", Ha'achot Be'Yisrael, 2026)
Generative Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Patient Education by Nurses (thesis)
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Halachic Bioethical Decision-Making
Ethics and Regulation of AI-Based Mental Health Treatment Tools
New Studies (2026-2027): clinicians' responses when a challenge to their treatment comes from artificial intelligence versus a colleague; disclosure and trust toward AI versus a human; professional identity in the age of AI
