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She turned to ChatGPT during a mental health crisis. Her mother shares her story

NPR | By Rhitu Chatterjee
Published July 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM MDT

A 29-year-old woman confided her suicide plans to an AI chatbot -- not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?

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Rhitu Chatterjee
Rhitu Chatterjee is a health correspondent with NPR, with a focus on mental health. In addition to writing about the latest developments in psychology and psychiatry, she reports on the prevalence of different mental illnesses and new developments in treatments.
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