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The delivery of mental health interventions via ubiquitous devices has shown much promise. A conversational chatbot is a promising oracle for delivering appropriate just-in-time interventions. However, designing emotionally-aware agents,…

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Empowering chatbots in the field of mental health is receiving increasing amount of attention, while there still lacks exploration in developing and evaluating chatbots in psychiatric outpatient scenarios. In this work, we focus on…

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Recently, research into chatbots (also known as conversational agents, AI agents, voice assistants), which are computer applications using artificial intelligence to mimic human-like conversation, has grown sharply. Despite this growth,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Celeste Campos-Castillo , Xuan Kang , Linnea I. Laestadius

As we build towards developing interactive systems that can recognize human emotional states and respond to individual needs more intuitively and empathetically in more personalized and context-aware computing time. This is especially…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Rahul Islam , Sang Won Bae

Peer recovery narratives provide unique benefits beyond professional or lay mentoring by fostering hope and sustained recovery in eating disorder (ED) contexts. Yet, such support is limited by the scarcity of peer-involved programs and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Ryuhaerang Choi , Taehan Kim , Subin Park , Seohyeon Yoo , Jennifer G. Kim , Sung-Ju Lee

Eating disorders (ED) are complex mental health conditions that require long-term management and support. Recent advancements in large language model (LLM)-based chatbots offer the potential to assist individuals in receiving immediate…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Ryuhaerang Choi , Taehan Kim , Subin Park , Jennifer G Kim , Sung-Ju Lee

Today is the era of intelligence in machines. With the advances in Artificial Intelligence, machines have started to impersonate different human traits, a chatbot is the next big thing in the domain of conversational services. A chatbot is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Khouloud Hwerbi

Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) involves vividly imagining personal future events and experiences in detail. It has shown promise as an intervention to reduce delay discounting-the tendency to devalue delayed rewards in favor of immediate…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Sareh Ahmadi , Michelle Rockwell , Megan Stuart , Nicki Rohani , Allison Tegge , Xuan Wang , Jeffrey Stein , Edward A. Fox

The objective of this work is to train a chatbot capable of solving evolving problems through conversing with a user about a problem the chatbot cannot directly observe. The system consists of a virtual problem (in this case a simple game),…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Michael Free , Andrew Langworthy , Mary Dimitropoulaki , Simon Thompson

AI-driven chatbots have become an emerging solution to address psychological distress. Due to the lack of psychotherapeutic data, researchers use dialogues scraped from online peer support forums to train them. But since the responses in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Anuradha Welivita , Pearl Pu

Many laypeople are motivated to improve the health behavior of their family or friends but do not know where to start, especially if the health behavior is potentially stigmatizing or controversial. We present an approach that uses virtual…

This study explores ChatGPT's capabilities, stability, and risks in simulating psychological counseling sessions in a school counseling context. Using scripted role-plays between a human counselor and an AI client, we examine how a large…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Yang Ni , Yanzhuo Cao

We explore the potential of ChatGPT (3.5-turbo and 4) to generate conversations focused on self-care strategies for African-American heart failure patients -- a domain with limited specialized datasets. To simulate patient-health educator…

The growing demand for mental health support has highlighted the importance of conversational agents as human supporters worldwide and in China. These agents could increase availability and reduce the relative costs of mental health…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Sahand Sabour , Wen Zhang , Xiyao Xiao , Yuwei Zhang , Yinhe Zheng , Jiaxin Wen , Jialu Zhao , Minlie Huang

Mental health challenges are on the rise in our modern society, and the imperative to address mental disorders, especially regarding anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts, underscores the need for effective interventions. This paper…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various fields, including medicine and mental health support. One promising application is ChatGPT, an advanced conversational AI model that uses deep learning techniques to provide human-like…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-11-16 Farzan Vahedifard , Atieh Sadeghniiat Haghighi , Tirth Dave , Mohammad Tolouei , Fateme Hoshyar Zare

As generation Z's big data is flooding the Internet through social nets, neural network based data processing is turning an important cornerstone, showing significant potential for fast extraction of data patterns. Online course delivery…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-05-12 Ioana R. Goldbach , Felix G. Hamza-Lup

A significant number of college students suffer from mental health issues that impact their physical, social, and occupational outcomes. Various scalable technologies have been proposed in order to mitigate the negative impact of mental…

LLMs promise to overcome limitations of rule-based mental health chatbots through improved natural language capabilities, yet their ability to deliver evidence-based psychological interventions remains largely unverified because evaluations…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-22 Florian Onur Kuhlmeier , Leon Hanschmann , Melina Rabe , Stefan Luettke , Eva-Lotta Brakemeier , Alexander Maedche

This paper proposes using ChatGPT, an innovative technology with various applications, as an assistant for psychotherapy. ChatGPT can serve as a patient information collector, a companion for patients in between therapy sessions, and an…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Mahshid Eshghie , Mojtaba Eshghie