The Lancet Voice Talks to Matthew Nour on the Boundaries of AI Psychosis and Psychiatric Diagnosis
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In an episode of The Lancet Voice podcast, psychiatrist Matthew Nour says AI psychosis has no formal clinical definition, and the media mostly use it as a catch-all term for people whose mental health worsened after using chatbots, with most cases not meeting clinical criteria for psychosis.
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In an episode of The Lancet Voice podcast, psychiatrist Matthew Nour says AI psychosis has no formal clinical definition, and the media mostly use it as a catch-all term for people whose mental health worsened after using chatbots, with most cases not meeting clinical criteria for psychosis.
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