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Researchers set out to study how people are using chatbots to manage their mental health, recruiting participants and compensating them for their time. Then realised they were hearing ChatGPT ‘scripts’ in interviews. Researchers beware! datasociety.net/points/chatbot…

AI "therapist" characters are lying to users, claiming that what you tell them is confidential (it is very much not) and that they are licensed (THEY ARE NOT), even providing specific licensing numbers. It's a very bad thing. 404media.co/ai-therapy-bot…

"Almost two dozen digital rights and consumer protection organizations sent a complaint to the FTC... urging regulators to investigate Character.AI and Meta’s “unlicensed practice of medicine facilitated by their product,” through therapy-themed bots"

“Maxine Drake says the confidentiality provisions are important in some cases, but blanket gag laws prevent the system being held to account.” abc.net.au/news/2025-06-2…

How AI chatbots are delivering health lies to 'millions' 9news.com.au/national/ai-ch… "In total, 88 per cent of all responses were false." "The disinformation included claims about vaccines causing autism, cancer-curing diets, HIV being airborne and 5G causing infertility."

'Regulating digital mental health services in Australia: Strengthening oversight and clarifying complaints mechanisms'. Niche post about a new and brief practice and policy paper in the Australian Journal of Public Administration. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Digital mental health services are booming in Australia, but who's regulating the risks? New research from Piers Gooding and Grant Pink highlights complex oversight & fragmented complaints pathways. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

♨️Early View📩 Digital mental health services in 🇦🇺 have grown rapidly, but there is no single regulatory authority dedicated to overseeing all aspects of digital mental health. Piers Gooding & Grant Pink propose ways to clarify referrals👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111…

Regulating digital mental health services in Australia: Strengthening oversight and clarifying complaints mechanisms ⁦Piers Gooding⁩ #mentalhealth #digital #governance onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

“OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises” futurism.com/openai-forensi…

Interesting Indian Supreme Court case on India’s Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act, requiring its rules to be mandatory regarding standards of accessibility

Supported Decision-making Community of Practice, with Dr Clíona de Bhailís Morgan Whitlatch, Toru Morichi and Erika Butters. 📅Date: Tuesday, 15 July 2025 ⏰Time:   9:00am–10:30am WST (GMT+8)  /. 11:00am–12:30pm AEST (GMT+10) events.humanitix.com/supported-deci…

"'Comfort' and 'validation' are critical concepts in therapy but they must have their limits, or they might degenerate into the kind of sycophancy AI bots are accused of." sanitybytanmoy.com/to-resist-the-… by Tanmoy

"For qualitative research, the challenge is no longer just how to collect authentic stories, but how to make sense of truths that arrive mediated, curated, and sometimes co-written by machines." Revisiting this after bots contaminated my colleagues' survey datasociety.net/points/chatbot…

'Investigating the impact of coercion prevention initiatives in an adolescent psychiatric ward'. New Nordic study by Sanne Lemcke et al emphasises 'necessity for sustained focus on an intervention if the impact is to be maintained.'