Patients Bring AI Into Therapy Sessions, APA Survey Finds
77% of psychologists say patients brought AI use into session (APA, June 2026). The problem isn't that patients use AI. It's that clinicians weren't trained.
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77% of psychologists say patients brought AI use into session (APA, June 2026). The problem isn't that patients use AI. It's that clinicians weren't trained.
Roughly 74% of mental-health AI funding in 2025-26 went to clinician-integrated tools, not chatbots. Therapists are using AI more and trusting it less. The thing that predicts whether a tool is safe isn't the model. It's who built it.