arXiv AI By Yuxiang Cheng, Quanwei Tang, Lvhui Lu, Dong Zhang, Shoushan Li, Erik Cambria

BiGraph-Diffuse: A Bidirectional Diffusion Language Model with Graph-Structured Retrieval For Mental Health Counseling

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BiGraph-Diffuse is a large‑scale diffusion language model designed for mental health counseling, addressing two key limitations of existing AI dialogue systems: the lack of bidirectional understanding for progressive disclosure and the inadequate use of relational clinical knowledge. It pairs this diffusion model with BiGraph‑RAG, a graph‑structured retrieval approach that uses lightweight entity extraction and semantic linking to preserve inferential pathways from symptoms to underlying causes without incurring LLM token costs during indexing. Experiments and theoretical analysis demonstrate the effectiveness of this mutually reinforcing architecture.

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