Issue #006 — The EU AI Act's high-risk classification guidelines enter open consultation, giving mental-health detection tools their first read on Brussels' rules just as they layer atop the Medical Device Regulation.
The European Commission's draft high-risk AI classification guidelines are in open consultation through 23 June — the first EU-side regulatory signal material to AI mental-health detection tools, layered on top of MDR/IVDR.
Issue #005 — JAMA Pediatrics puts a peer-reviewed number on the demand side: ~20% of US youth now use AI chatbots for mental-health advice, and 63% hide it.
A new JAMA Pediatrics survey finds ~20% of US 12–21-year-olds used AI chatbots for mental-health advice in 2025 — up from 13% — with 63% disclosing it to no one.
Issue #004 — Drexel's 'bond paradox' pins down when AI-companion use turns harmful, while a national review finds only 3 of ~800 state AI bills became mental-health law.
Drexel's 'bond paradox' pins down when AI-companion use turns harmful, while a national review finds only 3 of ~800 state AI bills became mental-health law.
Issue #003 — The Lancet's GBD 2023 update lands 1.2B globally with anxiety up 158% since 1990, and Spring Health's VERA-MH crystallises as the open-source safety benchmark The Path used to anchor its $14.3M launch.
The Lancet's GBD 2023 update lands 1.2B globally with anxiety up 158% since 1990, and Spring Health's VERA-MH crystallises as the open-source safety benchmark The Path used to anchor its $14.3M launch.
Issue #002 — Mpathic's clinician-built safety benchmark exposes frontier-model blind spots, npj Digital Medicine lands the first dedicated chatbot-management meta-analysis, and bipolar digital phenotyping calls for standardized 'digital signatures.'
Mpathic's clinician-built safety benchmark exposes frontier-model blind spots, npj Digital Medicine lands the first dedicated chatbot-management meta-analysis, and bipolar digital phenotyping calls for standardized 'digital signatures.'
Issue #001 — Verily's mental-health guardrail and PsychiatryBench arrive at npj Digital Medicine, an Oura-Ring study links passive measures to next-day panic attacks, and Utah's HB 452 gets its first formal post-mortem.
Verily's mental-health guardrail and PsychiatryBench arrive at npj Digital Medicine, an Oura-Ring study links passive measures to next-day panic attacks, and Utah's HB 452 gets its first formal post-mortem.
Baseline — the state of human behavioral analysis for early identification of mental health conditions
Foundational state-of-the-field report. The dedup baseline against which every weekly issue is measured.
Every weekly issue is deduplicated against the Baseline — the foundational state-of-the-field report. Start here if you're new to the series.