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This study aims to bridge the gap in mental healthcare accessibility by developing an LLM-powered dialogue system that replicates clinician behavior.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We introduce TRUST, a framework of cooperative LLM modules capable of conducting formal diagnostic interviews and assessments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5). To guide the generation of appropriate clinical responses, we propose a Dialogue Acts schema specifically designed for clinical interviews. Additionally, we develop a patient simulation approach based on real-life interview transcripts to replace time-consuming and costly manual testing by clinicians.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A comprehensive set of evaluation metrics is designed to assess the dialogue system from both the agent and patient simulation perspectives. Expert evaluations by conversation and clinical specialists show that TRUST performs comparably to real-life clinical interviews.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our system performs with clinical quality approaching that of human clinicians, with room for future enhancements in communication styles and response appropriateness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our TRUST framework shows its potential to facilitate mental healthcare availability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocag050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,22]],"date-time":"2026-04-22T11:46:16Z","timestamp":1776858376000},"page":"1260-1270","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["TRUST: an large language model-based dialogue system for trauma understanding and structured assessments"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"33","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3197-134X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sichang","family":"Tu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, Emory University , Atlanta, GA 30322,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abigail","family":"Powers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University , Atlanta, GA 30322,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Doogan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DooGood Foundation , Miami, FL 33179,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinho D","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, Emory University , Atlanta, GA 30322,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026063015352942100_ocag050-B1","article-title":"The state of mental health in America 2023","author":"Reinert","year":"2023","journal-title":"Mental Health America, Alexandria VA"},{"key":"2026063015352942100_ocag050-B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","author":"American Psychiatric Association","year":"2013","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425596"},{"key":"2026063015352942100_ocag050-B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"505","DOI":"10.1016\/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.003","article-title":"Trauma exposure and stress-related disorders in inner city primary care patients","volume":"31","author":"Gillespie","year":"2009","journal-title":"Gen Hosp Psychiatry"},{"key":"2026063015352942100_ocag050-B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"893","DOI":"10.1007\/s00737-021-01141-4","article-title":"Trauma exposure and stress-related disorders in a large, urban, predominantly African-American, female sample","volume":"24","author":"Gluck","year":"2021","journal-title":"Archives of Women\u2019s Mental Health"},{"key":"2026063015352942100_ocag050-B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","author":"Xi Z, Chen W, Guo X, et al. 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