Research Appraisals
Evidence-based critical appraisals of the latest medical research, systematically evaluated using Oxford CEBM methodology.
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JMIR mental health
Digital Mental Health Research Priorities, Revisited for the AI and Large Language Model Era
Digital mental health has become an established part of mental health care, but the rapid arrival of large language models and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools has refocused attention on the evidence needed to guide the field. This editorial updates the research priorities articulated by JMIR Mental Health in 2023, while reaffirming their emphasis on equity, replicability, privacy, efficacy, and engagement. While the importance of these priorities has not changed in recent years, the urgency with which they must now be applied has. As digital tools become more clinically consequential, research must move beyond demonstrating that a technology is feasible, usable, or novel. The field now needs studies that clarify how these tools work, for whom they are beneficial, under what conditions they may cause harm, and how they can be ethically integrated into care. We call for research that is transparent about the technologies being studied, grounded in meaningful clinical questions, attentive to safety, and designed to produce knowledge that remains useful as specific products and models change.
13 July 2026
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A Survey on Interpretability in Visual Recognition
Visual recognition models have achieved unprecedented success in various tasks. While researchers aim to understand the underlying mechanisms of these models, the growing demand for deployment in safety-critical areas like autonomous driving and medical diagnostics has accelerated the development of eXplainable AI (XAI). Distinct from generic XAI, visual recognition XAI is positioned at the intersection of vision and language, which represent the two most fundamental human modalities and form the cornerstones of multimodal intelligence. This paper provides a systematic survey of XAI in visual recognition by establishing a multi-dimensional taxonomy from a human-centered perspective based on intent, object, presentation, and methodology. Beyond categorization, we summarize critical evaluation desiderata and metrics, conducting an extensive qualitative assessment across different categories and demonstrating quantitative benchmarks within specific dimensions. Furthermore, we explore the interpretability of Multimodal Large Language Models and practical applications, identifying emerging trends and opportunities. By synthesizing these diverse perspectives, this survey provides an insightful roadmap to inspire future research on the interpretability of visual recognition models.
1 July 2026
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