Do no harm: Why Missouri must set guardrails for AI mental health tools

By: Chuck Hollister

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: January 28, 2026

Words: 954

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Imagine your physician offering you a new therapy for a serious medical condition—but with several warnings. You are told the treatment has never gone through carefully designed, peer-reviewed clinical trials.

There is no professional licensure overseeing its use. And if something goes wrong, there is no clear system of accountability. Is that the care you would want? Probably not. Yet millions of Americans are doing something remarkably similar when they turn to artificial …

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