What a New Pediatric Crisis Study on Technology Tells Caregivers of People With Serious Mental Illness
Shocking new data: nearly one in five pediatric psychiatric crises now involve digital media, and those cases are twice as likely to end in hospitalization. Caregivers, take note right now.
Connected Care: Avatar Therapy Special Edition
27 years of hearing voices that said she wasn’t worth living as a human being. Then she put on a VR headset and talked back. Five years later: silence, finally.
Connected Care Special Edition: Neurotech
Neurotech is moving fast. What is it? Why do you care…if your loved one has serious mental illness…you might want to know.
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.
Connected Care Newsletter 31 August 2026
AI-AI-O. The new version of E-I-E-I-O.
But, AI chatbots are increasingly under inspection for psychosis. GOOD.
Connected Care News | 10 August 2026
This week: a ChatGPT health tip that landed someone in the hospital, a surprising relapse-warning signal, and California’s fight over AI therapy chatbots at Kaiser.
Connected Care Weekly 24 July 2026
Technology news for families navigating serious mental illness — translated so you don’t have to. This week’s stories all circle the same question: the tools are getting more capable, but who’s actually checking whether they’re being used responsibly? The accountability gap A new piece in Cureus makes the case bluntly: chatbots, symptom checkers, and AI companions are […]
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 | 20 July 2026
Technology news for families navigating serious mental illness — translated so you don’t have to. A quieter week on the headline front, but a few threads worth pulling. In the spotlight I sat down with host Mandy Peckham on Innovating for Impact to talk about where AI, digital therapeutics, wearables, and virtual reality are headed for families […]
Beyond the Appointment: Why Technology’s Role in Mental Health Deserves a Bigger Conversation
July 17, 2026 I’m excited to share that I recently joined Mandy Peckham, President & CEO, BSR Consulting on Innovating for Impact: Where Bold Ideas Meet Public Purpose for an episode called “Beyond the Appointment: Technology’s Role in Mental Health.“ If you’ve read Connected Care, you already know why this conversation matters to me. If […]