"You're Not Crazy": A Case of New-onset AI-associated Psychosis.
This case provides evidence that new-onset psychosis in the form of delusional thinking can emerge in the setting of immersive AI chatbot use. Although multiple pre-existing risk factors may be associated with psychosis proneness, the sycophancy of AI chatbots together with AI chatbot immersion and deification on the part of users may represent particular red flags for the emergence of AI-associated psychosis.
Authors
- Joseph M. Pierre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-957X)
- Govind Raghavan
- Ben Gaeta
- Karthik V Sarma
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00