AI Chatbots and Teen Mental Health: The Risks and Reality
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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The speaker reports that pediatricians and youth-serving health professionals should incorporate AI LLM use into patient history taking to understand the patient's full world of experiences, analogous to social media screening.
The growing popularity of AI chatbots is raising new concerns about youth mental health and suicide prevention. In this conversation, Christine Moutier, M.D., chief medical officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, discusses the usage of AI chatbots among adolescents, the potential dangers for young people experiencing mental health challenges, and the importance of educating clinicians and families about this new technology.
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