Abstract
(Excerpt) Introduction: Mental health professionals are often challenged with limited resources and high caseload volumes to support the demand for mental health services. A lack of available qualified providers contributes to waitlists for these vital services. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (Citation2024), the current data suggests that as of 2022, for every 350 people in the United States, there is only one mental healthcare provider available, resulting in a shortage of behavioral health providers. AI-assisted documentation has become an increasingly popular resource used to decrease the demands of traditional documentation burden (Batkhina, Citation2025). A recent survey found that 27% of clinicians used AI for documentation support; however, they were less inclined to use AI for diagnosis support or data analysis (American Psychological Association, Citation2024). A notable gap remains in the current clinical social work literature specifically regarding the extent and impact of AI documentation adoption...