Towards AI-augmented decision making in psychiatry

Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01256-2 Psychiatric disorders are heterogeneous, and care depends on interpreting unstructured longitudinal narratives, creating variability that hinders standardization. A study now shows that a psychiatry-specific large language model (LLM) may help clinicians to deliver more consistent, high-quality care.