Effect of ChatGPT use on eating disorders and body image.

IF 3.4 4区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

World Journal of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI:10.5498/wjp.v15.i8.107122

Hilal Toklu Baloğlu

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Abstract

Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is a conversational service that uses artificial intelligence and is also known as a chatbot. ChatGPT and similar applications have the potential to be a tool that can be used in the field of psychiatry. Eating disorders affect a large number of individuals worldwide. Tools that encourage and support people with eating disorders to seek mental health services may be critical to helping them get the care they need. However, body image, defined as the totality of a person's thoughts and perceptions about their physical appearance, has been linked to a variety of health problems, particularly among young adults, about eating disorders. There is limited literature on how chatbots respond to or provide information about body image. Preventing eating disorders before they occur is also of great importance. However, young adults who struggle with body image perception may be misled by the information produced by ChatGPT. Studies have yet to clarify whether a chatbot can improve eating disorder-related factors, eating disorder psychopathology, depression, and anxiety or detect eating disorders in advance. This study focuses on the accuracy of ChatGPT in providing information regarding eating disorders and its potential effects on body image perception.

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ChatGPT对饮食失调和身体形象的影响。

聊天生成预训练转换器（ChatGPT）是一种使用人工智能的会话服务，也称为聊天机器人。ChatGPT和类似的应用程序有潜力成为精神病学领域的一种工具。饮食失调影响着全世界很多人。鼓励和支持饮食失调患者寻求心理健康服务的工具可能对帮助他们获得所需的护理至关重要。然而，身体形象被定义为一个人对自己外表的整体想法和看法，它与各种健康问题有关，尤其是在年轻人中，与饮食失调有关。关于聊天机器人如何回应或提供有关身体形象的信息的文献有限。在饮食失调发生之前进行预防也非常重要。然而，挣扎于身体形象感知的年轻人可能会被ChatGPT提供的信息误导。研究尚未阐明聊天机器人是否可以改善饮食失调相关因素、饮食失调精神病理学、抑郁和焦虑，或者提前发现饮食失调。本研究的重点是ChatGPT在提供有关饮食失调及其对身体形象感知的潜在影响的信息方面的准确性。

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World Journal of Psychiatry PSYCHIATRY-

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期刊介绍： The World Journal of Psychiatry (WJP) is a high-quality, peer reviewed, open-access journal. The primary task of WJP is to rapidly publish high-quality original articles, reviews, editorials, and case reports in the field of psychiatry. In order to promote productive academic communication, the peer review process for the WJP is transparent; to this end, all published manuscripts are accompanied by the anonymized reviewers’ comments as well as the authors’ responses. The primary aims of the WJP are to improve diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive modalities and the skills of clinicians and to guide clinical practice in psychiatry.