Challenges in Implementing a Mobile AI Chatbot Intervention for Depression Among Youth on Psychiatric Waiting Lists: Randomized Controlled Study Termination Report

Junichi Fujita   ¹ , PhD, MD ;   Yuichiro Yano   ² , PhD, MD ;   Satoru Shinoda   ³ , PhD ;   Noriko Sho   ⁴ , PhD, MD ;   Masaki Otsuki   ⁵ , MD ;   Akira Suda   ² , PhD, MD ;   Mizuho Takayama   ¹ , MHSW, BSc ;   Tomoko Moroga   ¹ , RN, BSc ;   Hiroyuki Yamaguchi   ⁶ , PhD, MD ;   Mio Ishii   ⁶ , PhD, MD ;   Tomoyuki Miyazaki   ⁷ , PhD, MD

¹ Department of Child Psychiatry, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

² Psychiatric Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

³ Department of Biostatistics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

⁴ Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

⁵ Fujisawa City Hospital, Fujisawa, Japan

⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

⁷ Center for Promotion of Research and Industry-Academic Collaboration, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan