AI Isn’t a Therapist, but Many Teens Are Treating It Like One
Clinicians have a responsibility to understand the risks posed by AI chatbots and to inform teen patients, their parents and caregivers about them.
Nikhil Nadkarni
Nikhil Nadkarni, MD, is Chief Medical Officer at Brightline, a therapy and psychiatry practice that delivers pediatric, teen, and parental mental health care. He is an experienced double board certified child and adolescent and adult psychiatrist, and has prior experience building innovative tech-enable care delivery at Willow Health, and Little Otter. Prior to adventuring into the startup world, he was Chief Fellow for his program at UCLA (where he was also Chief Resident). Dr. Nadkarni is an avid traveler and foodie. He also has a tremendous passion for rural medicine and underserved communities and was involved at the early age of 19 in setting up clinical mission work for a leprosy colony in India.