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What Shaped Mental Health in 2025
Teens as AI chatbot guinea pigs, private equity in mental health tech and the MAHA movement reshapes federal policy.
Dec 31, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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Evidence Is Growing That People Shouldn't Use Unregulated AI Chatbots For Therapy
The American Psychological Association issues a health advisory against using popular AI chatbots for mental health treatment
Nov 26, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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Federal Cuts Hit Mental Health Infrastructure
The nation’s mental health infrastructure is buckling as more funding and positions are cut from the federal agency that was created to address the…
Oct 30, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Harming The Nation's Response to the Mental Health Crisis, Psychiatrists Say
The Committee to Protect Public Mental Health says that Kennedy has implemented changes to the nation's health agencies "in ways that endanger lives."
Oct 10, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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"Where Are You Going To Put Them?" The Psychiatric Bed Crisis
Some elected officials want to enact laws to involuntarily commit people who are mentally ill and pose a public safety risk to themselves or others. But…
Oct 2, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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Neurotech Will Reshape Mental Health Treatment
Neurotech could offer relief to millions of people suffering from mental illness—or it could take away their autonomy
Sep 21, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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A Long Trip Back To Kensington
For some people addicted to drugs, a 45-minute journey can turn into a trial of agony while suffering from withdrawal.
Sep 4, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
There Is No Safety Plan in AI Therapy
Texas AG opens an investigation into AI chatbots that offer mental health therapy
Aug 19, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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Who Is Afraid Of Universal School Mental Health Screenings
Illinois passes a first-in-the-nation law mandating opt-out universal mental health screenings for students
Aug 18, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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Big Tech And Regulators Seek To Limit AI Chatbots For Mental Health
OpenAI is optimizing ChatGPT to guide, but not decide, when users ask it about their personal challenges; Illinois moves to ban AI therapy.
Aug 7, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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The Psychedelic Renaissance in Mental Health Has A Business Strategy—And A Right-Wing Lobby
It's been a long, strange trip for psychedelics, from counterculture to multi-billion dollar mental health industry.
Jul 28, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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The Plot Against America's Mental Health Care System
A long-term vision to dismantle SAMHSA and to reorient the mental health care system toward involuntary treatment of serious mental illness seems to be…
Jun 26, 2025
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Cristian Salazar
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