How does crisis detection work in CauceOS?

Short answer: The system detects risk language patterns and shows a discreet alert in the professional's dashboard. It does not interrupt the session. Clinical interpretation always belongs to the professional.

What signals the system detects

The detection engine analyzes the live transcription and identifies language associated with:

• Suicidal ideation, both direct ("I want to die") and indirect ("nothing makes sense for me anymore")
• Active or planned self-harm
• Domestic violence or situations of immediate danger
• Clinically significant dissociation
• Acute-escalation substance abuse

How the alert appears

When a signal is detected, the system does not interrupt the session or make anything visible to the client. A discreet notification appears in the professional's dashboard with three elements:

1. The verbatim quote that triggered the alert (the exact transcript fragment)
2. The identified risk category
3. A disclaimer reminding that this is algorithmic assistance, not a diagnosis

The professional can review the alert between interventions without the client noticing.

What the system does NOT do

• Does not call emergency services
• Does not contact the client or third parties
• Does not diagnose any condition
• Does not decide clinical actions
• Does not log the alert in any external report without the professional's direction

CauceOS crisis detection identifies risk language patterns in real time (suicidal ideation, self-harm, domestic violence, acute dissociation) and delivers a discreet alert to the professional during the session. Interpretation and clinical response are always the professional's responsibility.

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Clinical responsibility rests with the professional

Alerts are a support tool, not a diagnostic judgment. The system can generate false positives (language that sounds like a crisis but is not, in context) and, in edge cases, false negatives (signals that did not trigger detection). The professional always evaluates the full context of the session.

Educational information. Does not replace professional care.

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