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7 papers

cs.CL2026

When Symptoms Are Not Enough: Evidence-Weighting Patterns in Large Language Model Psychiatric Screening

Jianfeng Zhu, Megan Korhummel, Ruoming Jin +1

As demand for mental health care outpaces clinician-delivered assessment, scalable screening tools are increasingly needed. Large language models (LLMs) may identify psychiatric ri…

cs.CL2026

Understanding Risk and Dependency in AI Chatbot Use from User Discourse

Jianfeng Zhu, Karin G. Coifman, Ruoming Jin

Generative AI systems are increasingly embedded in everyday life, yet empirical understanding of how psychological risk associated with AI use emerges, is experienced, and is regul…

cs.CL2025

Emotions, Context, and Substance Use in Adolescents: A Large Language Model Analysis of Reddit Posts

Jianfeng Zhu, Hailong Jiang, Yulan Wang +3

Early substance use during adolescence increases the risk of later substance use disorders and mental health problems, yet the emotional and contextual factors driving these behavi…

cs.CL2025

AI-Powered Early Diagnosis of Mental Health Disorders from Real-World Clinical Conversations

Jianfeng Zhu, Julina Maharjan, Xinyu Li +2

Mental health disorders remain among the leading cause of disability worldwide, yet conditions such as depression, anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are frequently…

cs.CL2025

Evaluating LLM Alignment on Personality Inference from Real-World Interview Data

Jianfeng Zhu, Julina Maharjan, Xinyu Li +2

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in roles requiring nuanced psychological understanding, such as emotional support agents, counselors, and decision-making ass…

cs.CL2025

Can LLMs Infer Personality from Real World Conversations?

Jianfeng Zhu, Ruoming Jin, Karin G. Coifman

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's LLaMA offer a promising approach for scalable personality assessment from open-ended language. However, inferring per…