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Psychological harm

Taxonomy/Risks & Mitigation

Psychological harm

Psychological harm

The risk that the AI system causes emotional or mental-health impairment, directly or indirectly. This includes risks from addictive feedback loops, distress caused by surveillance, harassment via generated content, and anxiety from automated denials. Mitigations may include content warnings, well-being safeguards, age-appropriate design, accessible support channels, and rate limits on engagement-maximizing behavior.

  • Description of Risks & Mitigations

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Live API response from GET /schemas/ai@2026-05-06-beta/elements/psychological_harm.

element "psychological_harm"37 lines
{
  "id": "psychological_harm",
  "category_id": "risks_mitigation",
  "title": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "value": "Psychological harm"
    }
  ],
  "description": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "value": "The risk that the AI system causes emotional or mental-health impairment, directly or indirectly. This includes risks from addictive feedback loops, distress caused by surveillance, harassment via generated content, and anxiety from automated denials. Mitigations may include content warnings, well-being safeguards, age-appropriate design, accessible support channels, and rate limits on engagement-maximizing behavior."
    }
  ],
  "authoring_guidance": [],
  "examples": [],
  "sources": [],
  "symbol_id": "risks_psychological",
  "variables": [
    {
      "id": "mitigation",
      "label": [
        {
          "locale": "en",
          "value": "Description of Risks & Mitigations"
        }
      ],
      "required": true
    }
  ],
  "shape": "octagon",
  "icon_variants": [
    "default",
    "dark"
  ]
}