Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 34 today, and we have a super special guest with us today - Brett, of the Haunted Therapist podcast! Today, we’ll be discussing AI Psychosis.

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**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of suicide

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References:

Psychology today: The Emerging Problem of AI Psychosis - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis

Psychiatry Online, Special Report: AI induced Psychosis- A New Frontier in Mental Health - https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.10.10.5

Wikipedia Chatbox psychosis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis

PBS article: What to know about AI psychosis and the effects of chatbots on mental health - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-ai-psychosis-and-the-effect-of-ai-chatbots-on-mental-health

The guardian: AI Psychosis is a growing danger. Chat GPT is moving in the wrong direction - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/ai-psychosis-chatgpt-openai-sam-altman

BBC: open AI shares data on users with Suicidal thoughts, psychosis - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd90g0q43o

Yale school of medicine: what is psychosis - https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/step/psychosis/ 

NASA: What is artificial intelligence - https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artificial-intelligence/ 

PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-ai-psychosis-and-the-effect-of-ai-chatbots-on-mental-health