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Why can’t regulators keep up with AI mental health apps filling provider gaps?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. States are creating a patchwork of AI therapy app regulations amid federal inaction, with some banning the ... Read More

Therapists Are Being Confronted By Clients Flaunting Mental Health Answers From AI

People are increasingly using AI for mental health advice. They take the AI answers with them when seeing a human therapist. This is a problem. Here is the inside scoop. Read More

The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pooja Shree Chettiar, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) Recently, I found myself ... Read More

AI therapy works best when you feel emotionally close to your chatbot, study reveals

Mental health chatbots work best when people form an emotional connection with their AI therapist, according to new research by the University of Sussex published in Social Science & Medicine. Read More

Why first-generation mental health apps cannot ignore next-gen AI chatbots

Digital health firms like Talkspace, Lyra, SonderMind, and Headspace consider integrating AI chatbot features. Read More

The dangerous rise of the AI therapist

There’s a profound difference between feeling heard and being helped. We were promised empathy in a box: a tireless digital companion that listens without judgment, available 24/7, and never sends a ... Read More

Doctors at Cedars-Sinai develop AI-powered mental health ‘robot’ therapist

The AI-powered chatbot called Xaia is designed to supplement the services of mental health therapists. Startups using artificial intelligence raised $3.9 billion last year, accounting for one-third of ... Read More

AI therapy chatbot 'works best with emotion'

Artificial intelligence (AI) therapy "works best" when patients "feel emotionally close to their chatbot", according to a study from the University of Sussex. Read More

With therapy hard to get, people lean on AI for mental health. What are the risks?

Kristen Johansson's therapy ended with a single phone call. For five years, she'd trusted the same counselor — through her mother's death, a divorce and years of childhood trauma work. But when her ... Read More

Why AI therapy might be inevitable (and that's not necessarily bad) | Opinion

Artificial intelligence therapy is here. For now, it still probably strikes most people as a little weird to talk to a chatbot about your most private fears or let an algorithm offer comfort when ... Read More

The Reality of Instant AI Therapy

Obtaining professional mental health support can be challenging as there is a shortage of providers. Also, searching for and finding the right one is often a daunting experience. However, 22 percent ... Read More