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First-episode psychosis patients may be especially vulnerable to chatbot validation

PsyPost · 2026-10-23
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A review of electronic health records at a large medical center found that AI chatbots were linked to worsening symptoms in a small fraction of mental health patients, often by validating existing delusions. Patients experiencing psychosis for the first time accounted for 61% of these cases.

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Source: PsyPost · via ahirlevel.hu

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