{"id":230127,"date":"2026-06-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/nearly-20-of-young-people-use-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-help\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:55:12","slug":"nearly-20-of-young-people-use-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/nearly-20-of-young-people-use-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 20% of young people use AI chatbots for mental health help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/11\/health\/mental-health-adolescents-chatbot-ai-wellness\">Nearly 20% of young people use AI chatbots for mental health help<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/11\/health\/mental-health-adolescents-chatbot-ai-wellness\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/11\/health\/mental-health-adolescents-chatbot-ai-wellness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-11 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are four key points from the article:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nearly one in five American adolescents and young adults have turned to AI chatbots for emotional support when feeling upset, nervous, or anxious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Users often find chatbot advice helpful but experts caution against relying on these tools due to potential inaccuracies and the risk of delaying professional treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Parents are advised to discuss with children about their use of AI chatbots and emphasize that while AI can provide immediate assistance, chatbots are not substitutes for therapists or trusted adults.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Leana Wen suggests that AI chatbots may play a supportive role in certain situations, but they should not replace human relationships and professional care for serious mental health issues.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 20% of young people use AI chatbots for mental health help https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/11\/health\/mental-health-adolescents-chatbot-ai-wellness Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2215177231.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230127"}],"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=230127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230129,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230127\/revisions\/230129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}