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Verbal behavior

Development, system design, safety, and performance metrics of a conversational agent for reducing depressive and anxious symptoms based on a large language model: The MHAI study

David Villarreal-Zegarra, Yscenia Paredes-Gonzales, Andrea Dámaso-Román, Judith Quiñones-Inga, Gianfranco Centeno-Terrazas, Yan Pieer Alexis-Montalban Lozada

published 18 Mar 2026

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Therapeutic communication in nursing students: A cross-sectional study of personal, educational, and contextual factors

Jaime Carballedo-Pulido, Mariona Farrés-Tarafa, Juan Roldán-Merino, Bárbara Hurtado-Pardos, Marta Berenguer-Poblet, Manuel Tomás-Jiménez, Carla Otero-Arús, Marta Domínguez-del-Campo, Ivette Fernández-Gibert, Susana Santos-Ruiz

published 17 Mar 2026

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Silence in physician clinical practice: a scoping review protocol

Martina Ann Kelly, Stefanie Rivera, Caitlin McClurg, Catherine Sweeney, Stephen Mosca, Ellen McLeod, Deirdre Bennett, Megan Brown

published 17 Mar 2026

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Communication competences of multiple sclerosis neurologists during advance care planning conversations: A multi-observer study

Andrea Giordano, Ludovica De Panfilis, Roberta Martina Zagarella, Giulia Di Domenico, Mariangela Farinotti, Alberto Gajofatto, Maria Grazia Grasso, Alessandra Lugaresi, Sara Montepietra, Francesco Patti, Claudio Solaro, Riccardo Orlandi, Giorgia Presicce, Simona Toscano, Simone Veronese, Lidia Del Piccolo, Alessandra Solari, on behalf of the ConCure-SM project

published 12 Mar 2026

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A conversational agent as a virtual therapist for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia: A preliminary study

Izabela Stefaniak, Karolina Gabor-Siatkowska, Marek Kozłowski, Artur Janicki

published 27 Feb 2026

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Talker identification under adverse auditory conditions-The impacts of noise, channel, language, and familiarity

Ningxue Fan, Puyang Geng, Zhijun Li, Hong Guo

published 23 Feb 2026

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Personally speaking: Developing and evaluating an ontology of dimensions of meaning for self-disclosure with a conversational assistant

Libby Ferland, Hannah Qu, Wilma Koutstaal

published 20 Feb 2026

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Enhancing medical communication skills through video-recorded peer role-play and a standardized checklist

Pallavi L.C, Chinmay Suryavanshi, Krishnamoorthi Prabhu, Archana Chauhan, Kirtana Raghurama Nayak, Ramnarayan Komattil

published 18 Feb 2026

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Fine-Tuning Arabic Large Language Models for improved multi-turn dialogue: A blueprint for synthetic data generation and benchmarking

Ahmed Mahmoud Misbah, Mohamed Farouk, Mustafa AbdulAzim

published 12 Feb 2026

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Investigating perspective taking and caregiver-proxy–child communication attitude agreement in early childhood stuttering

Katie L. Winters, Courtney T. Byrd

published 12 Feb 2026

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The effects of human training data (HTD) explanation on purchase intention for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies

Stephanie Kwari Dharmaputri, Greg Nyilasy, Anish Nagpal, Jing Lei

published 02 Feb 2026

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Process evaluation of a supportive intervention targeting social isolation among older people in Danish senior centres: Explanatory factors of implementation failure

Sofie Langergaard, Rhiannon Evans, Jane Andreasen, Kirsten Schultz Petersen, Charlotte Overgaard

published 30 Jan 2026

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Exploring patient satisfaction with community pharmacy services in the United Arab Emirates: Implications for quality improvement

Zelal Kharaba, Karem H. Alzoubi, Sayer Al-Azzam, Ahmad Al-Azayzih, Ahmad Y. Abuhelwa, Feras Jirjees, Anan Jarab, Azza Ramadan, Shoroq M. Altawalbeh, Dania Rahhal, Munazza Ahmed, Laila A. Ibrahim, Mamoon A. Aldeyab, Yassen Alfoteih, Sawsan Abuhammad

published 30 Jan 2026

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