AI RESEARCH
Between Help and Harm: An Evaluation of Mental Health Crisis Handling by LLMs
arXiv CS.CL
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ArXi:2509.24857v3 Announce Type: replace Large language model-powered chatbots have transformed how people seek information, especially in high-stakes contexts like mental health. Despite their capabilities, safe detection and response to crises such as suicidal ideation and self-harm are still unclear, hindered by the lack of unified crisis taxonomies and clinical evaluation standards.