2026/03/25 by Judith Dineley, Noah Stanton, Aadam Aziz +7 · 1 voice
Health Professions · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Digital Mental Health Interventions #EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces #Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
paper · doi:10.1111/camh.70092
openalex publication_date 2026/03/25 · openalex created_date 2026/03/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/13
Documentation comprises a large proportion of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinicians/practitioners' work burden and is often completed outside contracted working hours, either requiring overtime pay and/or contributing to burnout. Ambient voice technology (AVT) combines AI-driven automated transcription and reporting and is a promising tool to mitigate these challenges. Multiple commercial products have been deployed in clinical settings internationally, including mental health services. Guidance on safe and effective use is yet to be established, and specific regulation of AI-based health technology is still in its infancy or does not exist in many countries. Further, to date, evidence on safety, acceptability, system-level efficiency gains, performance and economic value is sparse. As a cross-disciplinary group with direct implementation experience, we provide a broad overview of the clinical, technical, ethical, regulatory and economic aspects of introducing AVT to CAMHS and neurodevelopmental clinical settings to guide decision-makers and highlight evidence gaps.