Research A growing body of research, studies, and articles exploring the impact of AI and chatbot use on our mental health and wellbeing. [2025] Minds in Crisis: How the AI Revolution is Impacting Mental Health https://www.mentalhealthjournal.org/articles/minds-in-crisis-how-the-ai-revolution-is-impacting-mental-health.html [2025] AI Chatbots and Psychological Harm: A Comprehensive Stanford Study https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6890f9d2aa2d0e6288681dc9/69c07d1cee76a67f51ede62b_HumanlineStanfordResearch.pdf [2025] Your brain on chatgpt: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an ai assistant for essay writing task https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ [2026] Engagement Phenotypes for a Sample of 102,684 AI Mental Health Chatbot Users and Dose-Response Associations with Clinical Outcomes https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00275 [2026] Assessing Risks of Large Language Models in Mental Health Support: A Framework for Automated Clinical AI Red Teaming https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.19948 [2026] Chatbots are ‘constantly validating everything’ even when you’re suicidal. New research measures how dangerous AI psychosis really is https://fortune.com/2026/03/07/chatbots-ai-psychosis-worsen-delusions-mania-mental-illness-health/ [2025] Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about 3 in 10 who do so daily https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/ [2025] ChatGPT: More than a million users show signs of mental health distress and mania each week, internal data suggest https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2290 [2025] Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/18/artificial-intelligence-uk-emotional-support-research [2026] AI companions are filling the human connection gaps https://www.axios.com/2026/05/12/ai-companions-not-replacing-humans [2025] Over one in three using AI Chatbots for mental health support, as charity calls for urgent safeguards https://mentalhealth-uk.org/news-and-insights/over-one-in-three-using-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-support-as-charity-calls-for-urgent-safeguards/ [2026] Millions Already Turn to AI for Therapy. Is It Safe? https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/millions-already-turn-ai-therapy-it-safe [2025] Technological folie à deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19218 [2025] How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17473 [2025] The Rise of AI Companions: Interaction with AI Companions and Psychological Well-being https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12605 [2026] Why Young Teens Are Vulnerable to Conversational AI https://neurosciencenews.com/conversational-ai-adolescent-psychology-30706/ [2026] ChatGPT Isn’t Just Changing How We Work. It’s Harming How We Think https://thewalrus.ca/chatgpt-isnt-just-changing-how-we-work-its-harming-how-we-think/?shem=rimspwouoe [2026] Teenager died after asking ChatGPT for ‘most successful’ way to take his life, inquest told https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/31/teenager-asked-chatgpt-most-successful-ways-take-life-inquest-told [2026] Attachment Hacking and the Rise of AI Psychosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMAdSqOY2A [2026] More young people are looking to AI chatbots for mental health help https://www.sciencenews.org/article/teens-young-adults-mental-health-ai [2025] More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/27/chatgpt-suicide-self-harm-openai
