3 papers
cs.CL2026
MindEval2: Clinically Grounded Patients and Rubrics for Evaluating Language Models in Mental Health Support
John Mendonça, Daniel Tschernutter, José Pombal +6
With people increasingly turning to AI chatbots for mental health support, the need to evaluate these tools is becoming more pressing. Recent benchmarks attempt to mimic a realisti…
cs.CL2026
Move by Move: Measuring and Steering How LLMs Conduct Psychotherapy
Afonso Baldo, Hugo Pitorro, Areti Vassilopoulos +5
As the demand for mental health services outpaces clinical workforce capacity, users are increasingly turning to large language models (LLMs) for accessible and private support. Al…
cs.AI2026
Risk Governance for Generative AI Mental Health Support: A Multi-Turn Safety Architecture
Anabela C. Areias, Catarina Botelho, António Farinhas +7
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for emotional support despite lacking mechanisms to safely govern evolving mental health risk. Existing safety approaches primari…