This practical and thought-provoking session focuses on how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are beginning to reshape psychological and neuropsychological practice.
This presentation explores where AI can enhance clinical work, from documentation to decision support, while keeping the human relationship, empathy, and professional judgement at the centre of mental health care. While AI can replace some clinical and technical tasks, the “human skill premium” will become even more valuable.
This talk offers a grounded roadmap for clinicians navigating the wave of change currently occurring, and where it may lead clinical practice next. Today’s tools that can support more precise assessment and real-time clinical insights. This presentation will explore how technology can strengthen evidence-based practice by making high-quality assessment more scalable, interpretable, and clinically actionable — while ensuring that human judgement remains central.
Whether you’re AI-curious, cautious, or already using an AI Scribe or other tools, this session will help you:
By the end of this session, participants will understand:
Dr Ben Buchanan is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of NovoPsych, a software platform designed to help mental health services use AI and psychometric science to improve patient outcomes.
He is a leader in the interaction of AI and mental health care, having developed Australia’s number one AI Scribe for psychologists, NovoNote. He champions high quality clinical assessment and emphasises that technology’s central mission is to serve people – professionals and patients.
In his university lecturing and clinical supervision he grounds the next generation of psychologists in the scientist-practitioner model. He is a well recognised researcher in treatment effectiveness, psychometric assessment and a leader in helping mental health services collect their own practice-based evidence.
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