OpenAI adds mental health safeguards to ChatGPT, saying chatbot has fed into users’ ‘delusions’
Published on 05/08/2025 - 14:24 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT OpenAI is adding mental health safeguards to ChatGPT, after it said the chatbot...
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The Fight to Stop Euthanasia for Mental Illness
In 2010, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Lawton attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle’s worth of pills in a public bathroom. His depression...
Suidical teen warned mental health hospital staff ‘slept on shifts’ and urged ‘shut this place down’
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Paternal anxiety during pregnancy and infancy linked to children’s mental health risks
Children whose fathers experience anxiety during the perinatal period may be at increased risk for mental health difficulties later in...
2025 Mental Health Summit: Peel Region’s innovative approach to workplace psychological safety
Read: Peel Region’s extensive collection of data leads to mental-health win Peel Region has faced several challenges in recent years,...
Childhood verbal abuse has lasting mental health effects similar to physical abuse
Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study,...
ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after bot ‘fell short in recognizing signs of delusion’
OpenAI wants ChatGPT to stop enabling its users’ unhealthy behaviors.Starting Monday, the popular chatbot app will prompt users to take...
Verbally abused children more likely to have poor mental health as adults, study finds | Children
Parents who ridicule, threaten or humiliate their children risk leaving them with a 64% higher chance of having poor mental...
Acute mental health benefits of urban nature
Hartig, T., Mitchell, R., de Vries, S. & Frumkin, H. Nature and health. Annu. Rev. Public Health 35, 207–228 (2014)....
