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A Conditional Companion: Lived Experiences of People with Mental Health Disorders Using LLMs

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Main Authors:	Purohit, Aditya Kumar, Heuer, Hendrik
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence Computers and Society
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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