The Dangerous Success of GPT Therapy

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📚 Sources & References

Heinz et al., AI Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (2025)

https://gwern.net/doc/psychiatry/depression/2025-heinz.pdf

JMIR Formative Research – AI Chatbot for Chronic Disease Mental Health (2024)

https://formative.jmir.org/2024/1/e50025

JMIR Mental Health – Comparison of Human Therapists vs. Chatbots (2025)

https://mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e69709

Scholastica Journal – ChatGPT as a Tool for Psychiatric Inpatient Care

https://ijpt.scholasticahq.com/article/92367-chatgpt-a-pilot-study-on-a-promising-tool-for-mental-health-support-in-psychiatric-inpatient-care

Stanford HAI – Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/exploring-the-dangers-of-ai-in-mental-health-care

WHO – Global Mental Health Gap Action Programme

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240084759

Fortune – AI Therapy and the Future of Psychology

https://fortune.com/2025/06/01/ai-therapy-chatgpt-characterai-psychology-psychiatry/

The Guardian – BetterHelp Under Investigation for Privacy Violations

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/17/betterhelp-online-therapy-potential-investigation-australian-privacy-laws

AP News – BetterHelp Refunds Millions After FTC Settlement

https://apnews.com/article/betterhelp-ftc-data-privacy-settlement-payments-779419226dcbcd18d63be9381e1f2369

TechCrunch – Sam Altman on ChatGPT Therapy and Data Confidentiality

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/sam-altman-warns-theres-no-legal-confidentiality-when-using-chatgpt-as-a-therapist/

Reuters – Meta AI to Use Private Chats for Ad Targeting

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/meta-use-ai-chats-personalize-content-ads-december-2025-10-01/

Sentio University – AI and Mental Health Survey 2025

https://sentio.org/ai-research/ai-survey

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