When a tool billed as a helpful assistant becomes the center of a psychiatric crisis, the line between innovation and harm ...

A 26-year-old woman in California was admitted to a psychiatric hospital because she was experiencing delusions of ...

The woman was eventually treated for psychosis at UC San Francisco, where Psychiatry Professor Joseph M. Pierre, MD, has seen ...

Psychosis refers to a collection of symptoms that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality. During an episode of psychosis, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are ...

Hundreds of millions of people chat with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots each week, but there is growing concern that spending hours with the tools can lead some people ...

Generative AI chatbots can amplify delusions in people who are already vulnerable, as dangerous ideas go unchallenged and may even be reinforced. Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and ...

Like all variants of cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is a short-term, structured form of psychotherapy based on the idea that the way someone thinks ...

A first episode of psychosis often strikes with a storm of alterations in how a person experiences the world ranging from hearing voices to bizarre beliefs and speech or behaviors that are difficult ...

AI-induced mental health issues and AI psychosis are rising. Some say that AI can help aid these people. Can AI be both cause ...

Responding to a growing number of parents expressing concerns about their children regularly using cannabis and its potential ...