"I couldn't leave my house for months... people were messaging me all over my social media, like, 'Are you safe? Are your ...

The Danish study found that in addition to deepening delusional beliefs, chatbots also appeared to worsen suicidal ideation ...

AI chatbots can worsen delusions and mania in patients with severe mental illness by validating harmful beliefs.

A growing body of cases suggests chatbots may be reinforcing romantic and conspiratorial delusions, with experts warning that ...

Terms such as delusions or conspiracy theories express a disapproving attitude. Suppose I am convinced that a celebrity I have never met is in love with me. My belief may be considered delusional. To ...

A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain ...

Delusions—fixed false beliefs—can be tricky to study. And it's not yet clear how the brain gives rise to these departures from reality. Further, there are many types of delusions. Those with ...

The feeling that your own actions are controlled by external forces is a common feature in schizophrenia. A research team at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, the University of ...

There has been a strident turn toward the social of late. In our everyday lives, confinement due to the pandemic has made our social appetites all the more acute. We have turned increasingly to social ...