NLP FOR MENTAL HEALTH

                                    Computational framework for studying and supporting mental-health-related communication

                                   

                                    Mental Health Therapy, Mental Health Support, Crisis Counseling

                                   

                                                    

KEY PUBLICATIONS     

                                    Taking a turn for the better: Conversation redirection throughout the course of mental-health thearapy

                                    Vivian Nguyen, Sang Min Jung, Lillian Lee, Thomas D. Hull, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

                                    Proceedings of EMNLP 2024 (Findings).


                                    Quantifying the Causal Effects of Conversational Tendencies

                                    Justine Zhang, Sendhil Mullainathan, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

                                    Proceedings of CSCW 2020.


                                    Balancing Objectives in Counseling Conversations: Advancing Forwards or Looking Backwards

                                    Justine Zhang and Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

                                    Proceedings of ACL 2020.


                                    Finding Your Voice: The Linguistic Development of Mental Health Counselors

                                    Justine Zhang, Robert Filbin, Christine Morrison, Jaclyn Weiser, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

                                    Proceedings of ACL 2019.


RELEVANT CODE

                                    ConvoKit: Toolkit for analyzing conversations (orientation, redirection, linguistic diversity)


MEDIA COVERAGE     

                                    Our work on causal effects of counselor conversational tendencies was features by the Cornell Chronicle


                                    Our work on balancing objectives in counseling conversations was features on the Crisis Textline R&D blog


                                    Our work on development of counselors was features by the Cornell Chronicle