Ethical AI In Behavioral Health: Practical Use Cases That Work

January 27, 2026
2:00 PM ET

Executive Web Briefing Courtesy Of Core Solutions 

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from abstract concept to operational reality in behavioral health settings. While early conversations focused on fear, uncertainty, and job displacement, today’s leaders are asking more practical questions: Where does AI actually help? How do we use it responsibly? And how do we ensure it supports, rather than undermines, clinical care?

This webinar provides a grounded, pragmatic overview of how AI is being used in behavioral health today, with a brief framing of current adoption trends followed by a deep dive into three high-impact problem areas facing the field: workforce shortages, skills development, and task shifting for staff without formal behavioral health training.

Participants will learn how AI tools are already being leveraged beyond documentation support—extending into care coordination, clinical skill development, and operational support—and how organizations can begin adopting these tools in a deliberate, ethical, and ROI-driven way. The session emphasizes practical use cases, staff readiness, and concrete next steps leaders can take immediately to begin responsible AI integration.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify high-value, low-risk AI use cases that improve workforce efficiency, support early-career providers, and enable appropriate task shifting without compromising clinical quality or scope of practice.
  2. Explain how AI can function as a support and upskilling tool for less experienced clinicians and non-licensed staff, including applications in care coordination, clinical reasoning support, and operational decision-making.
  3. Apply a practical framework for AI adoption, including staff education, training strategies, governance considerations, and steps to evaluate return on investment at both the individual and organizational level.

Featured Speakers

  • Michael Arevalo, Psy.D.

    Director of Clinical Strategy | Core Solutions

    Michael Arevalo, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist with experience in evidence-based treatment and quality improvement across diverse clinical settings, including community mental health organizations, private practice, university counseling centers, and major healthcare systems like the VA and Kaiser Permanente. As Director of Clinical Strategy at Core Solutions, Inc., he leads the integration of clinical best practices into the company’s EHR platform, collaborating with product, engineering, and AI teams to develop data-driven solutions that enhance clinician workflows and patient care. He also defines quality metrics, ensures regulatory compliance, and develops training programs to optimize digital health tools.
Event Sponsored By:
About Core Solutions Core Solutions is the progressive leader in transforming the behavioral, medical, and social services experience for behavioral health providers, consumers, and state agencies. Core’s Integrated Behavioral Health EHR platform, Cx360, allows for the improvement of the provider, consumer, and payer relationship through increased consumer-centric collaboration which results in improved outcomes. This is accomplished through our ability to simplify the end-to-end behavioral health experience, deliver integrated care coordination, improve consumer engagement, and streamline accurate provider reimbursement. For more information, visit www.coresolutionsinc.com.

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Ethical AI In Behavioral Health: Practical Use Cases That Work

1/27/20261:00pm EST1 hour
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from abstract concept to operational reality in behavioral health settings. While early conversations focused on fear, uncertainty, and job displacement, today’s leaders are asking more practical questions: Where does AI actually help? How do we use it responsibly? And how do we ensure it supports, rather than undermines, clinical care?

This webinar provides a grounded, pragmatic overview of how AI is being used in behavioral health today, with a brief framing of current adoption trends followed by a deep dive into three high-impact problem areas facing the field: workforce shortages, skills development, and task shifting for staff without formal behavioral health training.

Participants will learn how AI tools are already being leveraged beyond documentation support—extending into care coordination, clinical skill development, and operational support—and how organizations can begin adopting these tools in a deliberate, ethical, and ROI-driven way. The session emphasizes practical use cases, staff readiness, and concrete next steps leaders can take immediately to begin responsible AI integration.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify high-value, low-risk AI use cases that improve workforce efficiency, support early-career providers, and enable appropriate task shifting without compromising clinical quality or scope of practice.
2. Explain how AI can function as a support and upskilling tool for less experienced clinicians and non-licensed staff, including applications in care coordination, clinical reasoning support, and operational decision-making.
3. Apply a practical framework for AI adoption, including staff education, training strategies, governance considerations, and steps to evaluate return on investment at both the individual and organizational level.