Enhancing Mental Health Support through Human-AI Collaboration: Toward Secure and Empathetic AI-enabled chatbots

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02783v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:49:13 GMT
• Title: Enhancing Mental Health Support through Human-AI Collaboration: Toward Secure and Empathetic AI-enabled chatbots
• Authors: Rawan AlMakinah, Andrea Norcini-Pala, Lindsey Disney, M. Abdullah Canbaz,
• Abstract summary: This paper explores the potential of AI-enabled chatbots as a scalable solution. We assess their ability to deliver empathetic, meaningful responses in mental health contexts. We propose a federated learning framework that ensures data privacy, reduces bias, and integrates continuous validation from clinicians to enhance response quality.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Access to mental health support remains limited, particularly in marginalized communities where structural and cultural barriers hinder timely care. This paper explores the potential of AI-enabled chatbots as a scalable solution, focusing on advanced large language models (LLMs)-GPT v4, Mistral Large, and LLama V3.1-and assessing their ability to deliver empathetic, meaningful responses in mental health contexts. While these models show promise in generating structured responses, they fall short in replicating the emotional depth and adaptability of human therapists. Additionally, trustworthiness, bias, and privacy challenges persist due to unreliable datasets and limited collaboration with mental health professionals. To address these limitations, we propose a federated learning framework that ensures data privacy, reduces bias, and integrates continuous validation from clinicians to enhance response quality. This approach aims to develop a secure, evidence-based AI chatbot capable of offering trustworthy, empathetic, and bias-reduced mental health support, advancing AI's role in digital mental health care.

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