This Special Issue (Volume 3, Issue 2) of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Computing Applications (JAICA) contains the official proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health (ICAIMH 2025), held on July 2–3, 2025, at Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Organized by the Association for the Advancement of Intelligent Applications and Technologies with Social Impact (Maikron), with the support of the Asociación para la Salud Mental de Yucatán (ASMY) and the International Institute for Intelligent Technologies (IIIT), the conference brought together researchers, professionals, and students to explore how artificial intelligence can contribute to mental health understanding, detection, and improvement.

This issue includes ten long papers (three selected for consideration in Inteligencia Artificial and seven published or forthcoming in JAICA), as well as five expanded abstracts. It also features the conference report summarizing the main sessions, invited lectures, and outcomes of ICAIMH 2025. Collectively, these contributions highlight the growing interdisciplinary community working at the intersection of AI and mental health, advancing the use of intelligent technologies for social good.

Published: 2025-10-31

Conference Report on the 2025 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health (ICAIMH 2025)

Mauricio Gabriel Orozco-del-Castillo; Juan Antonio Recio-Garcia, Pedro Alfonso Guadalupe Ortiz-Sánchez

1-2

Level of attachment to artificial intelligence in university students

José J. Karam Expositos, Jose Gabriel Urzaiz Lares

13-17

Detection of people with social phobia using pupillary position classification algorithms

Víctor Rangel-Fajardo, David Cruz, Erick Mpangi-Musungu, Jesus Martinez-Castro

18-24

Automatic feedback through natural language processing using a chatbot-based simulated patient (PEPE) for the training of mental health professionals

Ricardo Cruz, Violeta Félix Romero, Marcela Rosas Peña, Diana Patricia Tzek Salazar, Ivan Vladimir Meza Ruiz

33-37

On-device conversational agent for psycho-oncology based on acceptance and commitment therapy manuals

Samara Acosta-Jiménez, Miguel M. Mendoza-Mendoza, Gerardo N. Rivera-Rojas, Jorge I. Galván-Tejada, José M. Celaya-Padilla, Carlos E. Galván-Tejada

38-43