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LLMs in mental health: Reliability, evaluation, and safety research · 4 sources tracked

A collection of research papers explores the capabilities and limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health applications. One study evaluated Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and OpenAI ChatGPT-4o for medical diagnosis, finding perfect consistency but susceptibility to irrelevant inputs and varying contextual awareness. Another paper introduces CARE-MH, a framework to standardize and improve the reproducibility of mental health LLM evaluations. Additionally, research investigates Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for enhancing LLM safety in digital mental health interventions, suggesting RAG improves accuracy and consistency at the cost of increased false alarms. Finally, a study assessed LLMs for generating subject lines for German mental health emails, highlighting performance differences between proprietary and open-source models and the benefits of German fine-tuning. AI

IMPACT These studies highlight the need for robust evaluation frameworks and safety measures as LLMs become more integrated into sensitive applications like mental healthcare.

RANK_REASON Cluster consists of multiple academic papers discussing LLM applications and evaluation in mental health.

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Krishna Subedi ·

    The Reliability of LLMs for Medical Diagnosis: An Examination of Consistency, Manipulation, and Contextual Awareness

    arXiv:2503.10647v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This study evaluated the diagnostic reliability of two Large Language Models (LLMs), Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and OpenAI ChatGPT-4o, across three dimensions: consistency under rephrased inputs, susceptibility to irrelevant prompt…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Asher Sprigler, Yixue Zhao, Yi Ding ·

    CARE-MH: Towards Unified, Reproducible, and Comparable Evaluation of Mental Health LLMs

    arXiv:2607.24754v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to provide mental health support, requiring reliable evaluation of safety, empathy, and therapeutic appropriateness. However, existing mental health benchmarks are difficult to re…

  3. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Anand Gupta, Akshat Surolia, Shubham Mishra, Shakil Imtiaz, Chaitali Sinha ·

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation in LLMs for Mental Health: Quantifying the Incremental Contribution of Retrieval Within a Layered Safety Architecture

    arXiv:2607.24817v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) offer scalable support, but ensuring they accurately detect users' intent during volatile situations can be challenging. Pure parametric Large Language models (LLMs) do not contain speci…

  4. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Philipp Steigerwald, Jens Albrecht ·

    From "Help" to Helpful: A Hierarchical Assessment of LLMs in Mental e-Health Applications

    arXiv:2602.18443v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Psychosocial online counselling frequently encounters generic subject lines that impede efficient case prioritisation. This study evaluates eleven large language models generating six-word subject lines for German counsell…