Correction to: npj Digital Medicine https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-03054-x, published online 20 August 2026
In this article, the order of Figs. 1–4 was inadvertently interchanged. The original article has been corrected.
. 2026 Sep 14;9:704. doi: 10.1038/s41746-026-03240-x
Publisher Correction: A scoping review on the mental health harms of LLM-based chatbots
Alexander Diel
1,2,✉, John Torous
3, Pim Cuijpers
4,5, Jens Kleesiek
6, Felix Nensa
6, Niels Weber
1,2, Franziska Faust
1,2, Tania Josan Lalgi
1,2, Finley Sam Mellis
1,2, Martin Teufel
1,2, Alexander Bäuerle
1,2
Alexander Diel
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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John Torous
3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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Pim Cuijpers
4Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5Babeș-Bolyai University, International Institute for Psychotherapy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Jens Kleesiek
6Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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Felix Nensa
6Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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Niels Weber
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Franziska Faust
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Tania Josan Lalgi
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Finley Sam Mellis
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Martin Teufel
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Alexander Bäuerle
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
4Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5Babeș-Bolyai University, International Institute for Psychotherapy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
6Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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Collection date 2026.
Subject terms: Diseases, Health care, Psychology, Psychology
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