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Introducing MentalHealthBench

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Introducing MentalHealthBench, a new benchmark developed by OpenAI, is designed to evaluate AI responses in realistic mental health conversations. The benchmark is expert-informed, focusing on assessing both helpfulness and safety of the AI’s replies. It aims to provide a standardized way to measure performance in sensitive mental health contexts.

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OpenAI Blog
May 12, 2025

Introducing HealthBench

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arXiv Computation and Language
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CounselReflect: Opportunities and Challenges for Designing Tools to Support Self-Reflection on Mental Health and Well-Being Conversations with AI

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By Yahan Li, Chaohao Du, Christopher Chun Kuizon, Zeyang Li, Nimra Ishfaq, Shupeng Cheng, Angelica Yinling Sun, Adam C. Frank, Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Ruishan Liu
arXiv AI
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arXiv AI
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By Sandhanakrishnan Ravichandran, Shivesh Kumar, Rogerio Corga Da Silva, Miguel Romano, Reinhard Berkels, Michiel van der Heijden, Olivier Fail, Valentine Emmanuel Gnanapragasam