“How to talk to your children about AI chatbots and their safety,” Politifact, by Madison Czopek, December 19, 2025: https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/dec/19/AI-chatbots-companions-talk-to-kids-parent-guide Parents should think of AI tools in the same vein …
“Chatbots: Friend or Foe” by April Stelle, The Good Life Magazine, Fall 2025: https://issuu.com/thegoodlifemag/docs/the_good_life_magazine_fall_2025/13 An Al tool is going to be intrinsically limited in so far as it will, …
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“Help: I Fell in Love With My AI,” by Blakesley Rhett, Jerk Magazine, November 11, 2025, https://jerkmagazine.net/9mfehhs6kt2vag7aqn19w0hd2b5dka/2025/11/11/gofk3ufhpup89j1fb0jd12c92rzi5h When tuning into Flesh and Code, a podcast that shares true stories …
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“Your Next Therapist Could Be an AI Chatbot—But Should They Be?” Prevention Magazine, by Hannah Jeon, June 20, 2025: https://www.prevention.com/health/mental-health/a65045817/mental-health-ai-chatbots-therapy/ “So far, much of the current research on AI chatbots …
“Technology is breaking our concept of the self. It could help us heal the mind,” Salon, by Elizabeth Hlavinka, June 2, 2025: https://www.salon.com/2025/05/26/technology-is-breaking-our-concept-of-the-self-it-could-help-us-heal-the-mind/ “The self is a very complex system …
“Rethinking Psychiatry: Upstate’s Şerife Tekin Champions the Human Side of Mental Health”, by Jean Albanese, May 28, 2025: https://www.upstate.edu/news/articles/2025/2025-05-28-tekin.php “Humanism is so essential in medicine, especially in areas like psychiatry,” …
“How Ethical are AI Chatbots for Children’s Mental Health?” AZO Robotics, by Laura Thomson, April 2, 2025: https://www.azorobotics.com/News.aspx?newsID=15835
“Some argue AI Therapy can break down mental health stigma – others warn it could make it worse,” Salon, by Elizabeth Hlavinka, March 30, 2025: https://www.salon.com/2025/03/30/some-argue-ai-therapy-can-break-down-mental-health-stigma–others-warn-it-could-make-it-worse/ “In some cases, talking …
“We do know,” said Tekin, “both from research and patients’ first-person reports, that active engagement in one’s own recovery process strengthens patients’ agency and feelings of control and command over …
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“We should stop calling these apps a medical device or tool or therapist until we prove and show that they are efficacious as medical tools. I think that the researchers …