NLP FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Computational framework for studying and supporting mental-health-related communication
Mental Health Therapy, Mental Health Support, Crisis Counseling
KEY PUBLICATIONS
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