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New Hierarchical Multi-Agent System Enhances Depression Detection

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Researchers have developed HiMA-MDD, a novel hierarchical multi-agent system designed for interpretable multimodal depression detection in clinical interviews. This system organizes evidence gathering and assessment into three distinct agent layers, mirroring the hierarchical nature of clinical diagnosis. HiMA-MDD aims to improve the accuracy and auditability of depression assessments by explicitly managing evidence access, scoring authority, and feedback loops. Experiments using Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct as the backbone demonstrated that HiMA-MDD surpasses current state-of-the-art methods on the E-DAIC dataset. AI

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New Hierarchical Multi-Agent System Enhances Depression Detection

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ao Chen, Xiaojiang Peng ·

    HiMA-MDD: A Hierarchical Multi-Agent Harness for Interpretable Multimodal Depression Detection in Clinical Interviews

    arXiv:2608.21868v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Depression assessment from multimodal clinical interviews requires integrating dispersed evidence from multiple symptoms into a coherent PHQ-8 profile. This process is hierarchical: relevant evidence is often sparse and context-depe…

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