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Seeking Help from Chatbots for Suicide Thoughts: Associations with Other Help Seeking Sources and Mental Health Symptoms

2026-08-14

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<h4>Background: </h4> Generative AI is evolving at a rapid pace, and many individuals are utilizing chatbots for mental health support. The safety of chatbots amid suicide disclosures is a major public health focus. However, the rate and correlates of intentions to seek help from chatbots for suicide thoughts is unknown. <h4>Objective:</h4> We sought to understand intentions to seek help from chatbots for suicide...

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Literature Corpus work: 5befee05-fd05-504e-99f7-a661c8b5ae64
DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.12.26360318

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