An executive summary outlining the current state of youth mental health in Oregon, highlighting persistent poor outcomes despite improved access to services, recent Medicaid expansion changes affecting school-based supports, and policy recommendations focused on building district-level implementation capacity.

Are AI chatbots crossing dangerous lines?

As language models move into therapeutic spaces, we’re seeing alarming failures: from chatbots encouraging self-harm to reinforcing delusions. In my latest piece, I break down real-world cases, explain why these failures happen, and outline how we can build safer AI systems without sacrificing human care. Safety isn’t optional when vulnerable lives are involved.