Connected Care: Regulatory Special Edition

Five states ban AI therapy. Others allow it with rules. Nobody agrees. Meanwhile, 1 in 6 adults — 1 in 4 under 30 — already quietly use AI for mental health help.

What Psychosis Feels Like From the Inside — And Why That Matters for Technology, Too

I want to point you toward something I think a lot of families and clinicians in this space will find valuable: a three-part live webinar series called Humanizing Psychosis, led by schizophrenia advocate, writer, and trainer Sally Littlefield. Sally teaches from lived experience — her own psychosis, hospitalization, treatment, and recovery — and the series […]

Connected Care Weekly newsletter | 14 June 2026

Your Loved One’s Psychiatrist Is Using AI. Does Anyone Know How?A story in this week’s news should matter to every family navigating serious mental illness — yet most won’t see it.— A new report from Behavioral Health Business landed this week with a headline that stopped me cold: Behavioral Health Orgs Are Adopting AI Faster […]

Connected Care Weekly Newsletter | May 24, 2026

If you’re reading this, you’re probably someone who loves a person with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or another serious mental illness. You’re also probably exhausted, and looking for anything that helps. That’s exactly who I write this for — because I’ve been there too. Here’s what happened in mental health technology this week — and why […]

The Secret Strength of the Invisible: What Caregiving in Silence Taught Me

loneliness is often empty in the world of schizophrenia

It started with an email. A friend wrote to me recently, not with news or a question, but with a quiet truth: *“I’ve felt so lonely in the most crowded places.”* She wasn’t talking about being alone. She was talking about being unseen — present, but invisible. And as I read her words, I realized […]