Cause
AI for Mental Health
of people with mental health conditions receive no treatment
2 reported stories
Most people with a mental health condition never see a professional. AI is being used to triage crisis messages so counsellors reach the most urgent first, and to carry part of the daily load that wears people down. These stories look at what the tools do and where their limits are.
Woebot, an AI chatbot grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy, has delivered over 100 million conversations to people struggling with anxiety and depression. Crisis Text Line uses machine learning to identify the highest risk messages, helping counselors reach people in danger 4x faster. These tools don't replace therapists. They reach the 75% of people who will never see one.
Stories
Mental Health · 7 min read
An AI That Answers at 2 AM: AlphaMa Takes On the Mental Load of Motherhood
Mothers carry 71% of a household's cognitive labor and the toll was long treated as normal. AlphaMa built a voice first AI to carry that load with them.
Mental Health · 8 min read
How Crisis Text Line Uses AI to Save Lives at Scale
Machine learning helps counselors identify who is in immediate danger, reducing response time for high risk cases by 4x.
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Questions people ask
How is AI used in mental health?
The strongest uses so far are triage and reach: ranking crisis messages by risk so human counsellors answer the most urgent first, and giving people a first point of contact at hours when no clinic is open. The tools on this page support clinicians rather than replace them.
Is AI therapy safe?
AI chat tools are not a substitute for a clinician in a crisis. The projects covered here either route people to humans or work alongside them, and publish their safety practices.