Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67891, first published .
Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Ryan K McBain   1, 2, 3 , MPH, PhD ;   Jonathan H Cantor   4 , PhD ;   Li Ang Zhang   4 , PhD ;   Olesya Baker   3, 5 , PhD ;   Fang Zhang   3, 5 , PhD ;   Alyssa Halbisen   5 , PhD ;   Aaron Kofner   1 , MS ;   Joshua Breslau   6 , PhD, ScD ;   Bradley Stein   6 , MD, PhD ;   Ateev Mehrotra   7 , MPH, MD ;   Hao Yu   3, 5 , PhD

1 RAND, Arlington, VA, United States

2 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, MA, United States

3 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

4 RAND, Santa Monica, CA, United States

5 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, United States

6 RAND, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

7 Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States

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