The American Psychological Association has issued a health advisory warning about the safety and effectiveness of AI chatbots ...

Emotional support is an increasingly common reason people turn to generative artificial intelligence chatbots and wellness applications, but these ...

About one in every eight U.S. teenagers and young adults turns to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for mental health ...

Amid an ongoing debate about the ethics and safety of chatbots providing mental health advice, a new study explores how ...

The new law prohibits chatbots from using titles like ‘doctor’ or ‘therapist’ when interacting with consumers.

A new study suggests that popular large language models like ChatGPT can systematically breach established ethical guidelines for mental health care, even when specifically prompted to use accepted ...

Credit: Getty Images Experts weigh in on the increasing use of AI chatbots in mental health treatment, sharing insights on the ways they may be effective, or not, in clinical practice. As the ...

While the FDA has approved digital mental health solutions in recent years, including apps with solutions involving cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the agency has yet to clear mental health tools ...

Canadians are increasingly turning to AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, for mental health support. But is this type of technology ...

The authors find that LLM-based chatbots often fail to identify critical warning signs such as suicidal ideation, depression ...

Can AI chatbots really replace human therapists? Artificial intelligence chatbots (a.k.a. “AI Therapists”) have surged in popularity as tools for mental health support, primarily because they offer ...