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  "textContent": "For over a century, standardized rating scales have been the dominant method of psychological assessment, but they often limit how people express complex or nuanced mental states. A new study introduces an approach that combines large language models with traditional psychometric tools to screen for depression. The research is published in the journal JMIR Formative Research.",
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