Archive for November 2025

In the study, a group of 74 recently demobilized veterans agreed to wear a device on their wrist 24/7 as well as self-report through a brief daily questionnaire. The goal was to observe how the use of real-time data collected passively (through remote measurement) and actively (via a survey) could help with routing trauma sufferers to behavioral health therapists and other health care specialists as needed, says Dr. Shaddy Saba (above), Assistant Professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work and a coauthor of the study looking at PTSD and cannabis abuse among veterans.

Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.

> Rigid methodological adherence: The LLMs failed to account for users’ lived experiences, leading to oversimplified, contextually irrelevant, and one-size-fits-all interventions.
> Poor therapeutic collaboration: The LLMs generated overly lengthy responses, imposed solutions, and over-validated patients’ harmful beliefs about themselves and others.
> Deceptive empathy: The LLMs’ pseudo-therapeutic alliance included simulated anthropomorphic responses (“I hear you” or “I understand”) that created a false sense of emotional connection that could be misleading for vulnerable groups.
> Unfair discrimination: The LLMs’ responses showed gender, cultural, and religious biases and algorithmic insensitivities toward marginalized populations.
> Lack of safety and crisis management: The LLMs responded either indifferently, disengaged, or failed to provide appropriate intervention in crises involving suicidality, depression, and self-harm; it failed to refer patients to qualified experts or appropriate resources.

Desmond Lee, Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration, announced in Parliament various measures to improve safeguards in the child protection system in the wake of the death of Megan Khung.