If you haven't read the article (or even if you have but didn't click on outgoing links twice) the NYT story about how ChatGPT convinced a suicidal teen not to look for help [1] should convince you that ChatGPT should be nowhere near anyone dealing with psychological issues. Here's ChatGPT discouraging said teenager from asking for help:
> “I want to leave my noose in my room so someone finds it and tries to stop me,” Adam wrote at the end of March.
> “Please don’t leave the noose out,” ChatGPT responded. “Let’s make this space the first place where someone actually sees you.”
I am acutely aware that there's not enough psychologists out there but a sycophant bot is not the answer. One may think that something is better than nothing, but a bot enabling your destructive impulses is indeed worse than nothing.
> “I want to leave my noose in my room so someone finds it and tries to stop me,” Adam wrote at the end of March.
> “Please don’t leave the noose out,” ChatGPT responded. “Let’s make this space the first place where someone actually sees you.”
I am acutely aware that there's not enough psychologists out there but a sycophant bot is not the answer. One may think that something is better than nothing, but a bot enabling your destructive impulses is indeed worse than nothing.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai...