
Rhitu Chatterjee
Mental Health Correspondent at NPR
Mental health correspondent @NPRHealth Previously at @NPRFood @pritheworld. RTs not endorsements.
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fm.kuac.org | Rhitu Chatterjee
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:A new health advisory calls on developers of artificial intelligence and educators to do more to protect young people from manipulation and exploitation. NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports. RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: Systems using artificial intelligence are already pervasive in our increasingly digital lives. MITCH PRINSTEIN: It's the part of your email application that finishes a sentence for you, or spell checks.
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ctpublic.org | Rhitu Chatterjee
SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
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wesa.fm | Rhitu Chatterjee
A new report by the American Psychological Association calls on AI developers to build in features to protect the mental health of teen and young adults.
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wbur.org | Rhitu Chatterjee
HomeRadioHere & NowOne in four American children have a parent with substance use disorder, study findsA new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder, and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents. NPR’s Rhitu Chatterjee reports. This segment aired on May 19, 2025. Audio will be available soon.
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3 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Rhitu Chatterjee
May 14, 2025 Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those children have a parent whose addiction is moderate or severe as opposed to mild, the study finds. The number amounts to 1 in 4 children with a parent who has addiction.
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RT @nprscottsimon: Ahead: talk-therapy make a recovery in mental health, says @RhituC. The historian William Dalrymple on India’s historic…

I was honored to have worked with @AnnieWaldman & her colleagues at ProPublica for their excellent project investigating lack of access to mental health care. This segment on @NPRWeekend sheds light on why it’s so hard to find therapists who take insurance.

And you can hear directly from several of the therapists we spoke with on @NPR's Weekend Edition, in this richly reported segment from @RhituC + @ayesharascoe https://t.co/jXBJkHctrQ

RT @AnnieWaldman: America is in the midst of a mental health crisis. But finding a therapist who takes insurance can feel impossible. Insu…