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.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…
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)…