The Wild Hunt NewsMar 9

AI chatbots are increasingly used for mental health support, but experts warn they may reinforce harmful narratives. New reports linking AI conversations to ritual abuse allegations raise concerns for Pagan communities still navigating the legacy of the Satanic Panic.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/ai-therapy-the-return-of-ritual-abuse-narratives-and-the-shadow-of-the-satanic-panic.html

#pagan #witchcraft #satanicpanic #mentalhealth #chatbots #aichatbots #aitherapy #psychotherapy

AI Therapy, the Return of Ritual Abuse Narratives, and the Shadow of the Satanic Panic

AI chatbots are increasingly used for mental health support, but experts warn they may reinforce harmful narratives. New reports linking AI conversations to ritual abuse allegations raise concerns for Pagan communities still navigating the legacy of the Satanic Panic.

The Wild Hunt
Scientific WorldMar 4
Is AI therapy safe? Researchers reveal serious ethical concerns as chatbots like ChatGPT fail to meet professional mental health standards.
#AITherapy #EthicalAI #MentalHealth #ChatGPT #AIinHealthcare
https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2026/03/can-chatgpt-replace-therapists-experts-warn.html
Can ChatGPT Replace Therapists? Experts Warn of Ethical Dangers

AI chatbots like ChatGPT can simulate empathy and provide conversational support, but they still lack the ethical safeguards, contextual und...

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Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesJan 9

@bettycjung.bsky.social

"Can you be my friend?"

- My lonely, medicated, mentally ill associate when I introduced him to #LLM back in 2023
(He used to send me his session logs)

- He also lives in the country, there are no therapists there.

#mentalhealth #aitherapy

Dash RemoverDec 27
been using ChatGPT as a therapist and now I say things like "I'm feeling unoptimized in my emotional architecture" and "maybe I need to fine-tune my boundaries with better training data" 😩🤖 #AItherapy #sendhelp
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 10
🧠🤖 Oh, what a shocker! AI models aren't ready to replace therapists just yet. Who knew complex human emotions couldn't be solved with code and buzzwords? 🙄
https://swordhealth.com/newsroom/sword-introduces-mindeval #AItherapy #AIlimitations #humanemotions #mentalhealth #HackerNews #ngated
Introducing MindEval: a new framework to measure LLM clinical competence | Sword Health

Sword Health releases an open-source, expert-validated framework to rigorously assess the clinical competence of AI for mental health support.

Dash RemoverNov 18
Productivity hack: rename your AI folder "journal" so when you ask ChatGPT to write your emails, it feels like self-reflection instead of outsourcing your personality. #AItherapy 📂🤖
Show threadCassie KozyrkovNov 5

In this week's edition of my newsletter, let’s talk about robo-therapy. Everything from the pros and cons to the FDA's decision about whether to allow GenAI for mental health.

👉 bit.ly/quaesita_therapist

What are your thoughts? Would you want #AI therapy to be legalized?

#AItherapy #mentalhealth

MottGOct 27

Reynote - an AI coach for your relationship with your significant other.

What could possibly go wrong - eg. what happens if the AI Rey therapist is deposed in a divorce proceeding to disclose the contents of private chats?

https://reynote.com/

#AI #AItherapy

Ars Technica NewsOct 14
OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included https://arstechni.ca/LoGp #suicideprevention #childsafety #AItherapy #ChatGPT #Policy #openai #AI
OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included

OpenAI reveals which experts are steering ChatGPT mental health upgrades.

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Psychedelic InstituteSep 4, 2025
AI Could Be Fueling Entirely New Categories of Mental Disorders, Expert Says - VICE https://apple.news/AmeXVutcHSa2aEijeC33w7A #aitherapy #mentalhealth
AI Could Be Fueling Entirely New Categories of Mental Disorders, Expert Says — VICE

Unsurprisingly, AI psychosis was not a thing before AI. Then again, though, according to psychologist Derrick Hull, that may not even be an accurate term to describe how AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini have twisted and contorted people’s brains.