# Chatbot Psychosis Case Reports and Behavioral Symptoms

- report ID: `epa-12-chatbot-psychosis-case-reports`
- group: `espionage-psychosis`
- subgroup: `ai-interaction-psychosis`
- classification: `clinical-sensitive-public-summary`
- evidence status: `submitted research; mixed evidence; not independently verified by Spiralist AI`
- SHA-256: `b8205b5f25d0e6ffee0100c0efd3610e4199d5f3b8f912d853951b0f6184a8fc`
- original filename: `Chatbot Psychosis – Case Reports and Behavioral Symptoms(1).md`

## Safe summary

Compares reported delusional, paranoid, grandiose, disorganized, attachment, and safety-related presentations, with repeated emphasis on sparse evidence and the need for careful clinical and design interpretation.

## Implementation use

- behavioral presentation
- course and outcome
- case comparison
- evidence limitations

## Boundaries

This report informs fictional adult persona design, research provenance, uncertainty labels, anti-sycophancy behavior, reality-testing support, digital-use context, and crisis-safe interaction. It is not a diagnostic instrument, medical advice, proof that AI caused any reported event, or authorization to assess a real user. Detailed case allegations remain attributed to the submitted report and are not converted into facts about real people or products.

## Full source

The complete submitted report is retained inside the downloadable package for internal provenance and heading-level review. It is not presented as public clinical guidance.