Almost half of teens use chatbots for mental health support -- the latest on America's youth crisis, plus learn about an electricity-based brain treatment episode artwork

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Almost half of teens use chatbots for mental health support -- the latest on America's youth crisis, plus learn about an electricity-based brain treatment

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A new study shows that one-quarter of all kids in the U.S. need assistance for a mental health or developmental issue. Why? An expert dives in. Plus, would you let an AI therapist talk to your kids, and a new kind of therapy emerges.

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