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.
This past year has seen dramatic changes to the mental health landscape, from politics to tech. Three major trends are worth examining: The debate over unregulated chatbots powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT; increased private equity investment in mental health tech; and the systematic dismantling of the federal infrastructure that was designed to support communities and individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
If you or someone you know is at risk of self-harm or suicide, call or text 988 for the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
The unregulated use of so-called “AI chatbots” by millions of people has led to congressional and regulatory scrutiny as well as a number of terrifying reports of “AI psychosis” and self-harm.
This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that experts have determined that users are developing delusions in their interactions with these chatbots, calling it “AI-induced psychosis.” P…
