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SUMMARY:Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: The Brave New World, presented by Dr. Rebecca Resnik
DESCRIPTION:Sunday, February 16, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.\nComputational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: The Brave New World\nPresented by Dr. Philip Resnik, MPower Professor, University of Maryland College Park and\nDr. Rebecca Resnik, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Rebecca Resnik and Associates LLC\nWorkshop Level: Intermediate\nThis workshop is for licensed psychologists who want to learn how psychologists can use language\ntechnology for everyday tasks (such as report writing or assessing risk) ethically and with beneficence\nand how language technology tools (such as chatbots) can create risk for clinicians and patients.\nProgram Description: Computational linguistics, artificial Intelligence, and large language models are\nbecoming part of clinical psychology. The advent of new language technology brings both exciting and\ndeeply concerning changes to clinical psychology. Dr. Philip Resnik of the Institute for Advanced\nComputer Studies at UMCP, and Dr. Rebecca Resnik, Licensed Psychologist, are co-founders of the\nComputational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology workshop and community (CLPsych.org), which has\nbeen building momentum bringing technologists and clinicians from around the world together for\nover ten years. In this presentation, they will describe how psychologists can use language technology\nfor everyday tasks (such as report writing or assessing risk) ethically and with beneficence. They will\nalso discuss how language technology tools such as chatbots can create serious risk for clinicians and\npatients alike. The presenters will also discuss research that shows the promise of language technology\nfor clinical challenges such as predicting suicide risk, assessing personality functioning, diagnosis,\ntracking symptoms, and monitoring patient well-being between sessions.\nLearning Objectives: After attending this workshop, it is expected that participants be able to:\n1. Explain how large language models can be used in clinical practice.\n2. Identify ethical risks and potential danger to patients in using language technology (e.g., chatbots like\nChatGPT) in clinical practice.\n3. Describe how language technology tools can augment assessment and diagnosis.\n4. Describe applications of language technology for patient risk assessment and safety monitoring.\nAbout the Presenters: Philip Resnik is MPower Professor at University of Maryland with joint appointments in the\nDepartment of Linguistics and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer\nscience at Harvard University and his PhD in Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and does\nresearch in computational linguistics.\nRebecca Resnik earned a Doctor of Psychology degree from The George Washington University. Dr. Resnik served as the\n2022-2023 President of The Maryland Psychological Association. She served for eleven years on the association’s Board of\nDirectors. Dr. Resnik completed her psychology internship training in Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology at Mount\nWashington Pediatric Hospital. Her two-year Post-Doctoral Residency in Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment\nwas completed at Mindwell Psychology in Virginia. Dr. Resnik is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Maryland. She holds\na Master of Education in Special Education (concentration in Learning Disabilities) from The University of Maryland at\nCollege Park. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Special Education (Cum Laude and with Honors) from UMCP with a\nconcentration in Learning Disabilities.\nRebecca Resnik and Philip Resnik receive a speaker’s honorarium from APP for this presentation. There is no conflict of\ninterest or commercial support to report.\nAPP is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. APP\nmaintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more information contact apponline.org.\n
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