{"id":173562,"date":"2025-12-31T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/why-some-people-are-turning-to-artificial-intelligence-for-mental-health-needs\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:50:13","slug":"why-some-people-are-turning-to-artificial-intelligence-for-mental-health-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/why-some-people-are-turning-to-artificial-intelligence-for-mental-health-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why some people are turning to artificial intelligence for mental health needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/health-fitness\/2025\/12\/why-some-people-are-turning-to-ai-for-mental-health-needs\/\">Why some people are turning to artificial intelligence for mental health needs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/health-fitness\/2025\/12\/why-some-people-are-turning-to-ai-for-mental-health-needs\/\">https:\/\/wtop.com\/health-fitness\/2025\/12\/why-some-people-are-turning-to-ai-for-mental-health-needs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2025-12-31 19:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"wtop.com\">wtop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Usage for Mental Health Support<\/strong>: Around half of the people surveyed in a George Mason University flash poll reported using AI to support their mental health, with usage rates notably higher among the 25-34 age group.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Convenience and Accessibility<\/strong>: According to Melissa Perry, AI is seen as a convenient, easy, and intimate tool to respond to mental health concerns.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concerns About Trust and Privacy<\/strong>: Despite its usage, many respondents in the survey expressed concerns over data privacy and the trustworthiness of the information provided by AI.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Supplement, Not Replacement<\/strong>: AI usage is seen as a supplement to human mental health professionals, and there\u2019s a warning against wholly relying on AI due to its inability to replace human interaction and professional guidance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Potential Future Benefits<\/strong>: People believe AI could lower mental health service costs and provide real-time support in stressful moments, although it remains not a cure-all for feelings of loneliness.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Need for Further Research<\/strong>: Further research is needed to determine how AI can assist in mental health without causing false security or giving incorrect advice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why some people are turning to artificial intelligence for mental health needs https:\/\/wtop.com\/health-fitness\/2025\/12\/why-some-people-are-turning-to-ai-for-mental-health-needs\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/counseling-e1666321852143.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-173562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173564,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173562\/revisions\/173564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}