The legislation comes amid a rise in people engaging AI chatbots for mental health advice, which also comes with risks.

The complaint, which has also been submitted to Attorneys General and Mental Health Licensing Boards of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, claims the ...

Therapy is a well-tested approach to helping people with mental health challenges, yet research shows that nearly 50% of ...

The chatbots 'are not licensed or qualified medical providers, nor could they be,' says a complaint from several digital rights and mental health groups.

A psychiatrist recently pretended to be a troubled teen and asked chatbots for help. They dispensed worrying advice.

Zynext Ventures USA LLC (Zynext), the venture capital arm of Zydus Lifesciences (Zydus), today announced its investment in ...

A research team has designed and implemented a group motivational interviewing system using multiple chatbots to support premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a common disorder among women.

A research team has designed and implemented a group motivational interviewing system using multiple chatbots to support ...

The Washington Post reports on the example of a therapy bot. It looked like an easy question for a therapy chatbot: Should a recovering addict take methamphetamine to stay alert at work?

WhatsApp is introducing new functions for users' temporary status messages and making them multimedia-based. Instead of just text, the messenger now also allows images, collages, music, and ...

The new trial looked at the drug combination as a so-called first-line therapy. The Food and Drug Administration granted the treatment fast-track approval as a first-line approach in December on ...