VCounselor: A Psychological Intervention Chat Agent Based on a Knowledge-Enhanced Large Language Model
H. Zhang, Z. Qiao, H. Wang, B. Duan, J. Yin

TL;DR
VCounselor is a specialized psychological chat agent based on a knowledge-enhanced large language model, significantly improving intervention effectiveness and credibility compared to general models.
Contribution
This study introduces a novel affective interaction and knowledge-enhancement structure for large language models in psychological interventions.
Findings
VCounselor outperforms general and fine-tuned models in effectiveness and credibility.
Affective and knowledge-enhancement structures improve emotional support and analysis accuracy.
Clients' positive emotions increased with VCounselor's intervention.
Abstract
Conversational artificial intelligence can already independently engage in brief conversations with clients with psychological problems and provide evidence-based psychological interventions. The main objective of this study is to improve the effectiveness and credibility of the large language model in psychological intervention by creating a specialized agent, the VCounselor, to address the limitations observed in popular large language models such as ChatGPT in domain applications. We achieved this goal by proposing a new affective interaction structure and knowledge-enhancement structure. In order to evaluate VCounselor, this study compared the general large language model, the fine-tuned large language model, and VCounselor's knowledge-enhanced large language model. At the same time, the general large language model and the fine-tuned large language model will also be provided with…
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TopicsMental Health via Writing · Digital Mental Health Interventions
