3 papers
cs.CL2026
Training Therapeutic Judges and Multi-Agent Systems for Human-Aligned Mental Health Support
Mizanur Rahman, Abeer Badawi, Elahe Rahimi +4
Large language models show promise for mental health support, yet therapeutic quality improves only when evaluation functions as an actionable control signal rather than a passive…
cs.AI2026
Assessing the Quality of Mental Health Support in LLM Responses through Multi-Attribute Human Evaluation
Abeer Badawi, Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar, Elahe Rahimi +6
The escalating global mental health crisis, marked by persistent treatment gaps, availability, and a shortage of qualified therapists, positions Large Language Models (LLMs) as a p…
cs.CL2025
When Can We Trust LLMs in Mental Health? Large-Scale Benchmarks for Reliable LLM Evaluation
Abeer Badawi, Elahe Rahimi, Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar +6
Evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) for mental health support is challenging due to the emotionally and cognitively complex nature of therapeutic dialogue. Existing benchmarks…