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.AI2025
Optimizing Large Language Models for Detecting Symptoms of Comorbid Depression or Anxiety in Chronic Diseases: Insights from Patient Messages
Jiyeong Kim, Stephen P. Ma, Michael L. Chen +8
Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of comorbid depression or anxiety, complicating their management. This study evaluated the performance of large language models (LLMs)…
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…