VERA-MH: Validation of Ethical and Responsible AI in Mental Health
Chatbot usage has increased, including in fields for which they were never developed for--notably mental health support. To that end, we introduce Validations of Ethical and Responsible AI in Mental Health (VERA-MH), a novel clinically-validated evaluation for safety of chatbots in the context of mental health support. The first iteration of VERA-MH focuses on Suicidal Ideation (SI) risks, by assessing how well chatbots can responds to users that might be in crisis. VERA-MH is comprised of three
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Published: 13 May 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Healthcare
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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