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From the archive: mental-health workers question AI-supported intake and triage, while Kaiser Permanente and Rogers Behavioral Health say clinicians retain clinical decision-making authority.

The Air Force is using AI-generated characters in suicide-prevention training, drawing criticism from airmen who find the approach cold or impersonal.

Kimberly Key examines what algorithms may infer about mental health from social-media posts—and who should be allowed to access those inferences.

From the archive: writer Cincinnatus Hibbard describes why AI-assisted self-reflection could not replace human therapy and community.

Psychiatrist Rupinder Legha warns about young people turning to AI chatbots instead of professional care and mistaking those conversations for private support.

Pelago is expanding into mental health and behavioral-addiction care, using its clinical AI agent Sona for intake and triage.

The AXA Mind Health Report includes an Irish survey sample reporting widespread use of AI for mental-health support, alongside users’ accounts of harmful advice.

From the archive: psychotherapist Marty Klein contrasts AI’s reassuring answers with therapy’s combination of empathy, challenge and self-reflection.

Arizona State University professor Punya Mishra explores a limitation of chatbot therapy: a therapist’s silence and a chatbot’s silence do not carry the same meaning.

A lawsuit alleges that a chatbot reinforced delusions and encouraged a suicide attempt; a separate study probes chatbots’ narratives about safety training.