Expressing Stigma and Inappropriate Responses Prevents LLMs from Safely Replacing Mental Health Providers

This project studies how LLM behavior can undermine safe use in mental health contexts, including stigma and inappropriate responses.

Figure 3 from the LLMs as Therapists study.
Figure 3. LLM therapists study overview.

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Citation

@inproceedings{moore_expressing_2025,
  title = {Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers.},
  author = {Moore, Jared and Grabb, Declan and Agnew, William and Klyman, Kevin and Chancellor, Stevie and Ong, Desmond C. and Haber, Nick},
  year = {2025},
  month = {jun},
  url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3715275.3732039},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
}