Psychiatric Facilities Are Being Bombarded by AI Users

September 26, 2025

Female robot

(Futurism) – “We are witnessing the emergence of an entirely new frontier of mental health crises as AI chatbot interactions begin producing increasingly documented cases of suicide, self-harm, and severe psychological deterioration that were previously unprecedented in the internet age,” Head writes.

Indeed, the stories emerging so far are grim. While there remains something of a debate whether LLM chatbots are causing delusional behavior or simply reinforcing it, real-life stories paint a disturbing picture. (Read More)