AI Chatbots Are Not a Safe Substitute for Mental Health Care Professionals

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A multi-university study found that AI mental health bots responded appropriately far less often than licensed therapists and, in some cases, gave harmful or clinically inappropriate replies. AI mental health chatbots can miss crisis signals, reinforce stigma, and produce unsafe responses, raising serious concerns about their use in place of licensed care.

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