Mental Health AI Standard of Care: Therapy Chatbots, Digital Therapeutics, and Suicide Liability
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The Unregulated AI Therapist Crisis # Mental health AI exists in a regulatory vacuum. While the FDA has authorized over 1,200 AI-enabled medical devices, none have been approved for mental health uses. Meanwhile, millions of users, many of them vulnerable teenagers, interact daily with “AI therapists” and companion chatbots that their makers never intended to provide therapy but that users treat as mental health support.