The Frontier Of AI For Mental Health Is Being Recast As AI For Mental Wealth

Forbes January 5, 2026
Lance Eliot

In today’s column, I examine the rapidly increasing use of AI for mental health and explore the topic in a topsy-turvy way, namely, by reframing the topic. The upshot is that the trend of AI for mental health can be perceived differently, advantageously so, when recast as a matter of AI for mental wealth.

I will first establish essential keystones about AI for mental health and then proceed to do some recasting on the weighty topic, venturing earnestly into AI for mental wealth.

Let’s talk about it.

This analysis of AI breakthroughs is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).

AI And Mental...

Today's Sponsors

Today's Sponsor