Chatbots as therapy stand-ins: Lebanese users, young people losing self-trust, therapy sessions scored
Al Jazeera reports that people in Lebanon are turning to ChatGPT for mental health support. Other reports say young adults use chatbots to script their in-person conversations, which psychologists call an "epidemic of self-mistrust", and researchers scored a chatbot's therapy sessions on the scale used for human therapists.
Who is affected and how
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- A chatbot is easier to reach than a professional, but it does not replace human contact.
Sources
- ChatGPT therapy: The Lebanese turning to AI for mental health support | Al Jazeera Mirroraljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app · Aug 27, 2026
- 7 Best ChatGPT Alternatives for Mental Health and Emotional Support - LGBTQ and ALLlgbtqandall.com · Aug 30, 2026
- Young adults are using ChatGPT to script their in-person conversations. Psychologists call it an “epidemic of self-mistrust.”thenextweb.com · Aug 25, 2026
- Psychology researchers scored an AI chatbot's therapy sessions with the same scale used on human therapists — where it beat them and where it fell short was almost exactly backwards from what you'd expect of a machinepsypost.org · Aug 24, 2026
- Research shows AI can fast track mental health care | Victoria Universityvu.edu.au · Aug 25, 2026
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