As school districts struggle to support the mental health of their students, a startup called Sonar Mental Health has built a “wellbeing companion” called Sonny to help. As described in the ...

Lead author Dr. Baidaa Al-Bander, from Keele University, said, "Our research focuses on creating an AI-powered chatbot designed to provide emotional support and mental health assistance.

And now, as we first reported last spring, AI is probing that most human of places, our psyches -- offering mental health support, just you and a chatbot, available 24/7 on your smartphone.

An AI chatbot helped increase the number of patients referred for mental-health services through England’s National Health Service (NHS), particularly among underrepresented groups who are less ...

Dartmouth’s Therabot chatbot trial shows promising results for mental health support, reducing depression and anxiety symptoms in a first-of-its-kind study.

Mental health app Headspace has launched a generative AI-powered chatbot called Ebb for users to get instant, personalized support through life’s ebbs and flows, the company exclusively told ...

Mental health apps can also help fill gaps — as of December 2023, more than half of Americans lived in an area with a shortage of mental health professionals.