Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0JAMA Network Open
Silent Manipulation of Mental Health Treatment Recommendations From a Large Language Model
- 1Center for Quantitative Health and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract
This quality improvement study evaluates whether activation steering changes an open-weights large language model’s (LLM) responses to questions about treatment for depression.
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BibTeX
@article{perlis2026silent,
title = {{Silent Manipulation of Mental Health Treatment Recommendations From a Large Language Model}},
author = {Roy H. Perlis},
journal = {JAMA Network Open},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.41142},
url = {https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2856233},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Silent Manipulation of Mental Health Treatment Recommendations From a Large Language Model
AU - Roy H. Perlis
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/03
JO - JAMA Network Open
DO - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.41142
UR - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2856233
AB - This quality improvement study evaluates whether activation steering changes an open-weights large language model’s (LLM) responses to questions about treatment for depression.
SN - 2574-3805
ER -