3 papers
cs.CL2025
You Never Know a Person, You Only Know Their Defenses: Detecting Levels of Psychological Defense Mechanisms in Supportive Conversations
Hongbin Na, Zimu Wang, Zhaoming Chen +9
Psychological defenses are strategies, often automatic, that people use to manage distress. Rigid or overuse of defenses is negatively linked to mental health and shapes what speak…
cs.HC2025
MindBenchAI: An Actionable Platform to Evaluate the Profile and Performance of Large Language Models in a Mental Healthcare Context
Bridget Dwyer, Matthew Flathers, Akane Sano +28
Individuals are increasingly utilizing large language model (LLM)based tools for mental health guidance and crisis support in place of human experts. While AI technology has great…
cs.CL2025
A Survey of Large Language Models in Psychotherapy: Current Landscape and Future Directions
Hongbin Na, Yining Hua, Zimu Wang +6
Mental health is increasingly critical in contemporary healthcare, with psychotherapy demanding dynamic, context-sensitive interactions that traditional NLP methods struggle to cap…