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DreamerNLplus models mental health dynamics from social media

Researchers have developed DreamerNLplus, a hybrid system designed to model mental health dynamics from social media data for the CLPsych 2026 shared task. The framework integrates LLM-based data augmentation, DeBERTa classification, and Random Forest regression for state prediction, and uses a Llama 3.1 model for temporal change detection. DreamerNLplus achieved strong results in sequence-level summarization, ranking first in one sub-task and third in another, showcasing its ability to identify psychological change patterns. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Maryia Zhyrko, Daisy Monika Lal, Erik van Mulligen, Lifeng Han ·

    DreamerNLplus: Interpretable Modeling of Mental Health Dynamics from Social Media Timelines using Hybrid Rule-Based and RAG Methods

    arXiv:2605.23052v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present DreamerNLplus, a hybrid framework for modeling mental health dynamics from social media timelines in the CLPsych 2026 shared task. Our system addresses three tasks: psychological state modeling, temporal change detectio…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Lifeng Han ·

    DreamerNLplus: Interpretable Modeling of Mental Health Dynamics from Social Media Timelines using Hybrid Rule-Based and RAG Methods

    We present DreamerNLplus, a hybrid framework for modeling mental health dynamics from social media timelines in the CLPsych 2026 shared task. Our system addresses three tasks: psychological state modeling, temporal change detection, and sequence-level summarization. For Task 1, w…