AI, Clinical Use & Content Policy

1. AI-Generated Content and Its Limitations

The Therapist Brief is produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence, including large language models, used to help identify, summarize, and draft research briefs. Human review is part of our process, but you should assume that AI has contributed to the material you read.

AI systems can and do make mistakes. Because of how these systems work, AI-generated material has limitations you should keep in mind every time you read a brief:

• Factual errors and "hallucinations." AI can state things that are inaccurate, incomplete, or entirely fabricated — including study findings, statistics, quotations, citations, author names, and dates — while sounding confident and authoritative.
• Misrepresented research. A summary may oversimplify, omit important caveats, or misstate the methods, population, effect size, or conclusions of the underlying study.
• Out-of-date information. Briefs reflect sources available at the time of writing and may not capture newer research, retractions, corrections, or changes in clinical guidance.
• Missing context. AI does not know your client, your setting, your jurisdiction, or your scope of practice, and cannot account for the clinical nuance those require.
• Bias. AI output can reflect biases present in its training data or sources.

Treat each brief as a starting point that points you toward the literature — not as a verified, authoritative, or final source. Before you rely on any statement for a clinical, academic, supervisory, or professional purpose, independently verify it against the cited primary source and current, authoritative guidance, and apply your own professional judgment.

2. Not Medical or Clinical Advice

All content published by The Therapist Brief — on this site, in our emails, and in any related materials — is provided for general educational and informational purposes for licensed, pre-licensed, or supervised mental health professionals only.

• It is not medical, psychological, psychiatric, clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic, legal, financial, or supervisory advice.
• It is not a substitute for professional evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, clinical supervision, consultation, or the independent judgment of a qualified professional.
• It does not establish a clinician–patient, therapist–client, physician–patient, or supervisor–supervisee relationship between you and The Therapist Brief or anyone associated with it.
• It is not a recommendation to diagnose, assess, or treat any individual, or to use, adopt, or avoid any specific assessment, intervention, modality, medication, or course of action.
• It is not intended for, or directed to, clients, patients, or the general public seeking personal mental health care.

Nothing in our content should be used to diagnose or treat any person. If you are a member of the public seeking help, please consult a licensed professional or use the crisis resources above.

3. Professional Responsibility & No PHI

You are a licensed, pre-licensed, or supervised mental health professional and remain solely responsible for your own clinical decisions. You agree that:

• You will exercise independent professional judgment and will not act on our content without verifying it and confirming it is appropriate for your client, setting, and scope of practice.
• You are responsible for complying with the laws, regulations, licensing-board rules, payer requirements, and professional and ethical codes (for example, those of the APA, ACA, NASW, AAMFT, or your own licensing body) that apply to you.
• You will not submit, post, or transmit client protected health information (PHI) or other confidential client information to us. The Therapist Brief is a publication, not a HIPAA-covered service, electronic health record, or treatment platform, and is not an appropriate place to store or discuss identifiable client details.

4. Crisis & Emergency Resources

The Therapist Brief does not provide crisis intervention, emergency services, or direct mental health care, and does not monitor the site or inbox for emergencies. If you or someone you know is in crisis or may be in danger:

• Call 911 (or your local emergency number) for an immediate, life-threatening emergency.
• Call or text 988 — the U.S. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (24/7).
• Text HOME to 741741 — the Crisis Text Line (24/7).
• Outside the United States, contact your local emergency services or a regional crisis line.

5. Accuracy, Currency & Sources

We aim to summarize research faithfully and to point to credible primary sources, but we do not warrant that any brief is accurate, complete, current, or free of error. Research evolves, and findings may be superseded, qualified, corrected, or retracted after publication. Where a brief references a study or source, that primary source — not our summary — is authoritative, and you should consult it directly before relying on it.

Each briefing is a summary, not the underlying research itself. Where available, our email briefings include links to the original studies, articles, or sources a brief discusses. These links are provided so you can access the full research directly, and you should follow them and review the complete primary source — including its methods, sample, limitations, and conclusions — before relying on any point from a brief for a clinical, academic, supervisory, or professional purpose. We do not control third-party sources: some may require a subscription, login, or institutional access, and links may change, move, or become unavailable over time.

6. Terms of Use

By accessing this website or subscribing to The Therapist Brief, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site or the publication.

License to our content

We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and read our content for your own professional and educational use. Our briefs, text, design, and branding are protected by intellectual-property laws. You may share individual briefs with colleagues for non-commercial professional purposes with attribution, but you may not republish, resell, scrape, redistribute at scale, train machine-learning models on, or create derivative commercial products from our content without our prior written permission.

Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse the site or service, including by attempting to disrupt or gain unauthorized access to our systems, using automated means to harvest content beyond normal reading, submitting unlawful or infringing material, submitting client PHI, or using our content in any way that violates applicable law or professional or ethical obligations.

Third-party content and links

Briefs reference and may link to third-party research, publishers, and resources. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, and a reference or link does not imply our endorsement.

7. No Warranty ("As Is")

The website, the publication, and all content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We expressly disclaim all implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, non-infringement, and any warranty that the content is error-free, complete, current, or suitable for any clinical, diagnostic, academic, or professional purpose. No advice or information you obtain from us creates any warranty not expressly stated here.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Therapist Brief and its owners, contributors, and service providers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the site, the publication, or its content — including any decision made or action taken in reliance on AI-generated or other material we publish — whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. To the extent liability cannot be excluded, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the service is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us, if any, for the service in the twelve months before the claim, or USD $100. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Therapist Brief and its owners, contributors, and service providers from any third-party claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your breach of these terms; your unlawful or unauthorized use of the content or service; your submission of client PHI or confidential information; your infringement or misuse of intellectual property; your scraping or unauthorized redistribution of content; or your violation of applicable law or professional or ethical obligations.

9. Governing Law

These terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the service are governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York for any such dispute, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date above reflects the latest version, and material changes take effect when posted. Your continued use of the site or publication after a change means you accept the updated policy.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to hello@thetherapistbrief.com. See also our Privacy Policy.