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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1691) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (708) Artificial Intelligence (2129) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67891, first published .
Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Authors of this article:

Ryan K McBain1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jonathan H Cantor4 Author Orcid Image ;   Li Ang Zhang4 Author Orcid Image ;   Olesya Baker3, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Fang Zhang3, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Alyssa Halbisen5 Author Orcid Image ;   Aaron Kofner1 Author Orcid Image ;   Joshua Breslau6 Author Orcid Image ;   Bradley Stein6 Author Orcid Image ;   Ateev Mehrotra7 Author Orcid Image ;   Hao Yu3, 5 Author Orcid Image
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