Papers by Saichethan Reddy
A Shoulder to Cry on: Towards A Motivational Virtual Assistant for Assuaging Mental Agony (2022.naacl-main)
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| Challenge: | Mental health disorders are one of the primary causes of disability worldwide . lack of qualified and competent mental health professionals is a major problem . we propose a virtual assistant that can act as the first point of contact and comfort for mental health patients. |
| Approach: | They propose a virtual assistant that can act as the first point of contact and comfort for mental health patients. |
| Outcome: | The proposed system outperforms baselines in the evaluation of 7k dyadic conversations from a peer-to-peer support platform. |