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When Artificial Intelligence Speaks: Psychologically Adverse Effects of the Shift from Text- to Voice-based Chatbots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2026

Marc Augustin*
Affiliation:
Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany
Søren Dinesen Østergaard
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark Deakin University, Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT), Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Corresponding author: Marc Augustin, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany, E-Mail: marc.augustin@evh-bochum.de
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