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AI Ambient Scribe in Psychiatry

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that listens to appointments and drafts clinical notes can help clinicians in psychiatric care. Researchers also want to know if the tool changes how patients experience their care. The study includes mental health care providers (physicians, psychologists/psychotherapists, nurses, and social workers) at Psychiatrie St. Gallen and the adult patients they see in their appointments. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the AI tool lower the time clinicians spend writing notes? * Are notes written with the AI tool as good as or better than notes written without it? * Do patients notice a difference in their relationship with their clinician when the tool is used? Researchers will compare clinicians who use the AI tool to clinicians who keep writing notes their usual way, before and during the intervention period, to see if writing time, note quality, and the patient-rated therapeutic relationship differ between the two groups. Clinicians will: Join one of two groups. One group starts using the AI tool on August 14, 2026. The other group keeps writing notes the usual way. Both groups will be observed until the end of November 2026, with note quality evaluation completed in December 2026. Clinicians who cannot contribute to all measurements may, with their consent, remain in the study for automated measurement of documentation time only. Patients will: * Be invited to fill out a short, anonymous survey about their experience with their clinician. * Be asked to agree, in writing, that researchers may review the report from their initial assessment appointment.