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The disclosure paradox: what AI developers are getting wrong about mental health

What if the feature you think builds trust is actually breaking it?

13 May 2026  · 8 min read

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    What Love Is Blind Teaches Us About Building Voice AI for Mental Health

    When you strip away visual cues, voice becomes everything. Trustworthiness is assessed within 500 milliseconds — and that has profound implications for AI design.

    11 Mar 2026 6 min read
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    Alone for the Holidays: What Happens When AI Becomes the Companion?

    AI companions can reduce loneliness as effectively as human interaction in the short term. But longitudinal research tells a different story.

    17 Dec 2025 7 min read
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    Why AI's Niceness Could Be Hurting Mental Health – And How to Teach It to Push Back

    AI chatbots are notoriously sycophantic. In mental health, that agreeableness can validate the very thought patterns therapy aims to change.

    20 Oct 2025 3 min read
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    Coping During War, Conflict and Disaster

    The turmoil of war and conflict creates uncertainty and fear, anxiety and anger, sadness and shock. There's no 'right' way to feel.

    25 Oct 2023 12 min read
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