OpenAI brings APA into its youth mental health safeguards

The agreement turns APA from an outside reviewer into a partner on resources for families, clinicians and schools.

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Primary source: OpenAI Newsroom on X

Why it matters

APA has called for independent testing, age-appropriate design and limits on AI as mental health care. Its new role gives OpenAI expertise and a clear benchmark for the safeguards that follow.

Illustration of OpenAI and the APA collaborating on youth mental health resources, showing logos, a clinician, a caregiver, and a child with a smartphone.

OpenAI said on August 6th in a post on X that it is partnering with the American Psychological Association to bring psychological research and clinical expertise into its work on AI and youth mental health.…

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