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Virtual Agent for Real-Time Motivational Interviewing by Integrating Adaptive Nonverbal Behavior and Language Models
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The engagement-validation loop: Sycophancy, anthropomorphic projection, and clinical risk in informal AI-based mental

Bruno da Silva Santos1, Thiago Henrique Roza2, Ives Cavalcante Passos1

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Postgraduate Programme in Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; National Institute of Translational Science and Technology in Digital Mental Health (INCT-SMD), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Journal of Affective Disorders
|June 10, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
Artificial intelligenceDigital therapeuticsGenerative artificial intelligenceLarge language modelsMental healthNatural languagePsychiatry

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