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Devika Bhushan, MD

@drdevikab

Doctor • Chief Medical Officer; Adjunct faculty, Stanford • Equity, resilience, mental health, public health champion • Parent • 🇮🇳🇵🇭🇺🇲Immigrant

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As providers, how we refer to patients — in written and more commonly, verbal clinical communication — is often biased or stigmatizing. This can impact clinical care in unanticipated ways. Some highlights from our workshop on reframing these tendencies 👇🏾 A brief 🧵 1/x

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This came in just now, anonymously. "I'm so grateful. In the years prior to today, I'd estimate having spoken to 20+ therapists, some great, and this is the best session I've ever had." Ash Slingshot

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In a conversation with Slingshot AI founders, Neil Parikh (Neil Parikh) and Daniel Cahn (Daniel Cahn) we explored the limitations of AI chatbots when it comes to therapy. "ChatGPT and Claude are not made for therapy... they can end up in these very weird rabbit holes."

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👋 Pediatrician here. On July 7, 2025, the American Academy of Pediatrics sued RFK Jr for spewing blatant misinformation and defying scientific consensus in his decisions about vaccines, which AAP President Dr Kressly says are rooted in fear, not science. 1/4

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New STAT op-ed from the American Academy of Pediatrics: “History has shown us that when trust in science falters, preventable disease rapidly spreads and people suffer needlessly.”

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🎥 Today, we're bringing you behind the scenes on how we're building Ash Slingshot. Yes, we call Ash AI therapy, and we're not shy about it: Ash will change how you think. We're confident in this position because we know we're building Ash the right way. What drives our work

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Today, we're releasing our official statement on the recent legislation in Illinois and Nevada banning AI for mental health, in particular, AI therapy. ----------- Ash by Slingshot AI Statement on the Ban of AI Therapy in Illinois and Nevada "Recent bans on AI for mental health

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The kids are all right, y’all On our walk to our kiddo’s first day of school this week, a 16-year-old on his way to start junior year approached us. 16 (to our 4-year-old): Hey, are you going to school for the very FIRST time? 4: Yes! 16: Oh my gosh, you’re going to love it!

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Saw a patient with Sjogren's syndrome in my clinic this week. She reminded me why we do what we do. Why biotech and healthcare innovation is the best mission we could ever have. Everything about her story made the rheumatology textbook come alive: a vague history of what doctors

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And.....it works! Check out our first research study (conducted with NYU) demonstrating the effectiveness of Ash - AI for Mental Health with our users. Some groundbreaking findings below 🧵

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Neil Parikh Ash - AI for Mental Health As an Ash user, I experience this and just how different it is from talking to chatGPT. Awesome to see the team publishing the NYU study results 🔥