Two men experiencing mental health crises were both wielding knives. One was shot four times by police; the other got a snack ...

Psychosis is characterized by uncertainty and confusion—feelings that virtually everyone has experienced, albeit not to the same degree. Here's why acknowledging that could help reduce stigma.

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered thinking and ...

Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Kashmir Hill Julia Sheffield, a psychologist who ...

Alexandre Hudon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more ...

Psychosis researchers have long focused on delusions as faulty thinking patterns, but a study of first-episode psychosis patients suggests something different: delusions are deeply physical ...

There continue to be numerous reports of people suffering severe mental health spirals after talking extensively with an AI chatbot. Some experts have dubbed the phenomenon “AI psychosis,” given the ...

On top of the environmental, political, and social toll AI has taken on the world, it’s also been linked to a severe mental health crisis in which users are spiraling into delusions and ending up ...