@inproceedings{blanco-cuaresma-2024-psychological,
title = "Psychological Assessments with Large Language Models: A Privacy-Focused and Cost-Effective Approach",
author = "Blanco-Cuaresma, Sergi",
editor = "Yates, Andrew and
Desmet, Bart and
Prud{'}hommeaux, Emily and
Zirikly, Ayah and
Bedrick, Steven and
MacAvaney, Sean and
Bar, Kfir and
Ireland, Molly and
Ophir, Yaakov",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych 2024)",
month = mar,
year = "2024",
address = "St. Julians, Malta",
publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2024.clpsych-1.18",
pages = "203--210",
abstract = "This study explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze text comments from Reddit users, aiming to achieve two primary objectives: firstly, to pinpoint critical excerpts that support a predefined psychological assessment of suicidal risk; and secondly, to summarize the material to substantiate the preassigned suicidal risk level. The work is circumscribed to the use of {``}open-source{''} LLMs that can be run locally, thereby enhancing data privacy. Furthermore, it prioritizes models with low computational requirements, making it accessible to both individuals and institutions operating on limited computing budgets. The implemented strategy only relies on a carefully crafted prompt and a grammar to guide the LLM{'}s text completion. Despite its simplicity, the evaluation metrics show outstanding results, making it a valuable privacy-focused and cost-effective approach. This work is part of the Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych) 2024 shared task.",
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<modsCollection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods ID="blanco-cuaresma-2024-psychological">
<titleInfo>
<title>Psychological Assessments with Large Language Models: A Privacy-Focused and Cost-Effective Approach</title>
</titleInfo>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Sergi</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Blanco-Cuaresma</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">author</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<originInfo>
<dateIssued>2024-03</dateIssued>
</originInfo>
<typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource>
<relatedItem type="host">
<titleInfo>
<title>Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych 2024)</title>
</titleInfo>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Andrew</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Yates</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Bart</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Desmet</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Emily</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Prud’hommeaux</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Ayah</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Zirikly</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Steven</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Bedrick</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Sean</namePart>
<namePart type="family">MacAvaney</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Kfir</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Bar</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Molly</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Ireland</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Yaakov</namePart>
<namePart type="family">Ophir</namePart>
<role>
<roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">editor</roleTerm>
</role>
</name>
<originInfo>
<publisher>Association for Computational Linguistics</publisher>
<place>
<placeTerm type="text">St. Julians, Malta</placeTerm>
</place>
</originInfo>
<genre authority="marcgt">conference publication</genre>
</relatedItem>
<abstract>This study explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze text comments from Reddit users, aiming to achieve two primary objectives: firstly, to pinpoint critical excerpts that support a predefined psychological assessment of suicidal risk; and secondly, to summarize the material to substantiate the preassigned suicidal risk level. The work is circumscribed to the use of “open-source” LLMs that can be run locally, thereby enhancing data privacy. Furthermore, it prioritizes models with low computational requirements, making it accessible to both individuals and institutions operating on limited computing budgets. The implemented strategy only relies on a carefully crafted prompt and a grammar to guide the LLM’s text completion. Despite its simplicity, the evaluation metrics show outstanding results, making it a valuable privacy-focused and cost-effective approach. This work is part of the Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych) 2024 shared task.</abstract>
<identifier type="citekey">blanco-cuaresma-2024-psychological</identifier>
<location>
<url>https://aclanthology.org/2024.clpsych-1.18</url>
</location>
<part>
<date>2024-03</date>
<extent unit="page">
<start>203</start>
<end>210</end>
</extent>
</part>
</mods>
</modsCollection>
%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Psychological Assessments with Large Language Models: A Privacy-Focused and Cost-Effective Approach
%A Blanco-Cuaresma, Sergi
%Y Yates, Andrew
%Y Desmet, Bart
%Y Prud’hommeaux, Emily
%Y Zirikly, Ayah
%Y Bedrick, Steven
%Y MacAvaney, Sean
%Y Bar, Kfir
%Y Ireland, Molly
%Y Ophir, Yaakov
%S Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych 2024)
%D 2024
%8 March
%I Association for Computational Linguistics
%C St. Julians, Malta
%F blanco-cuaresma-2024-psychological
%X This study explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze text comments from Reddit users, aiming to achieve two primary objectives: firstly, to pinpoint critical excerpts that support a predefined psychological assessment of suicidal risk; and secondly, to summarize the material to substantiate the preassigned suicidal risk level. The work is circumscribed to the use of “open-source” LLMs that can be run locally, thereby enhancing data privacy. Furthermore, it prioritizes models with low computational requirements, making it accessible to both individuals and institutions operating on limited computing budgets. The implemented strategy only relies on a carefully crafted prompt and a grammar to guide the LLM’s text completion. Despite its simplicity, the evaluation metrics show outstanding results, making it a valuable privacy-focused and cost-effective approach. This work is part of the Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych) 2024 shared task.
%U https://aclanthology.org/2024.clpsych-1.18
%P 203-210
Markdown (Informal)
[Psychological Assessments with Large Language Models: A Privacy-Focused and Cost-Effective Approach](https://aclanthology.org/2024.clpsych-1.18) (Blanco-Cuaresma, CLPsych-WS 2024)
ACL