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Applications of AI (818) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3036) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (2378) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (1125) Artificial Intelligence (4488) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (1388)

Published on in Vol 5 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/92817, first published .
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AI Chatbot Suicide Risk Detection and Response: Human Validation Study of the Open-Source VERA-MH Safety Evaluation

AI Chatbot Suicide Risk Detection and Response: Human Validation Study of the Open-Source VERA-MH Safety Evaluation

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Kate H Bentley1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Luca Belli1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Adam M Chekroud1, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Emily J Ward1 Author Orcid Image ;   Emily R Dworkin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Emily Van Ark1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kelly M Johnston1 Author Orcid Image ;   Will Alexander1 Author Orcid Image ;   Millard Brown1 Author Orcid Image ;   Matt Hawrilenko1 Author Orcid Image
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Kate H Bentley   1, 2 , PhD ;   Luca Belli   1, 3 , PhD ;   Adam M Chekroud   1, 4 , PhD ;   Emily J Ward   1 , PhD ;   Emily R Dworkin   1 , PhD ;   Emily Van Ark   1 , PhD ;   Kelly M Johnston   1 , BS ;   Will Alexander   1 , MA ;   Millard Brown   1 , MD ;   Matt Hawrilenko   1 , PhD

1 Spring Health, New York, NY, United States

2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

3 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

4 Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

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