Young Australians Turning to AI for Mental Health Support, Report Finds

Almost twice as many young people asked a chatbot for mental health advice as those who rang a helpline to talk to another person.

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Almost one in three Australians aged 10-24 are turning to generative AI—like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude—for mental health support, a report has found.

The report, which tallied results from a survey of over 2,300 young people in the state of New South Wales, found that “mental health and wellbeing” was the top issue across all three age brackets—10 to 12, 13 to 17 (both 40 percent) and 18 to 24 (27 percent).