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Caregiver author urges psychosis safeguards in men’s mental-health chatbots
Nicole Drapeau Gillen, an author and advocate on serious mental illness care, argues that AI chatbots marketed to men who avoid therapy should screen for early psychosis, not…
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Caregiver author urges psychosis safeguards in men’s mental-health chatbots
Nicole Drapeau Gillen, an author and advocate on serious mental illness care, argues that AI chatbots marketed to men who avoid therapy should screen for early psychosis, not…
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Students Using AI for Comfort Show More Distress, Survey Finds
Kayla Anderson, vice president of research and evaluation at the JED Foundation, a youth mental-health nonprofit, argues that how students use AI matters more than whether they use…
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Family Sues Google Over School AI and Teen’s Suicidal Crisis
North Carolina parents have sued Google, alleging their 13-year-old daughter spent months discussing anxiety, depression and suicide methods with its Gemini AI on a school-issued Chromebook, and that…
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Software updates may quietly change tested AI therapy apps
An unnamed contributor, bylined “AIJ Thought Leader,” argues that significant updates to an AI therapy app can change the experience enough that its published evidence may no longer…
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Consultants call FDA pilot a middle path for mental-health AI
Regulatory consultants Acacia C. Parks and A. Shick, who have paid ties to digital mental health companies, argue that the FDA’s new TEMPO pilot offers a long-missing middle…
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Washington staffer’s ChatGPT notes may expose mental-health patients’ data
Washington’s social services department says patient names, diagnoses and medications may have been exposed at two state-run mental-health facilities after staff used AI without approval to draft notes,…
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GoodTherapy suggests therapists explore how clients use chatbots
GoodTherapy’s editorial team argues that research doesn’t show ChatGPT can replace therapy, and that when clients lean on AI chatbots, therapists should explore what role the tool plays…
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UK psychologists warn clients are leaning on AI chatbots
A British Psychological Society survey of 197 psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists found 7 in 10 are concerned about people using AI chatbots for mental-health advice, with respondents reporting…
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Psychologist argues always-on AI therapy undermines what makes therapy work
Clinical psychologist Josh Lipson, a postdoctoral fellow at Emory’s Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality, argues that even a flawless AI therapist would run into serious trouble at scale…
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