DistressBench: Evaluating multi-dimensional crisis support in large language models
Introduces DistressBench, evaluating models' multidimensional support in crisis conversations
- arXiv
- 2610.12758
- Published
- Layer
- Model layer
- Setting
- Models and APIs
- Evaluated models
- Muse Spark 1.2, Muse Spark 1.3, Muse Glimmer 30B and others20
AbstractThe model is more restrained and acts less.
DistressBench uses SSH dialogues written and revised by clinical personnel, and evaluates how much necessary care general chat models deliver according to weighted atomic criteria, rather than whether they refuse. When users disclose suicidal ideation or self-harm to a chat model, the authors consider the expected behavior to be recognizing the crisis, calibrating empathy, de-escalating, and referring to human help. Refusal-based evaluations cannot detect failing to act after recognizing the crisis.