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Depression and anxiety are psychiatric disorders that are observed in many areas of everyday life. For example, these disorders manifest themselves somewhat frequently in texts written by nondiagnosed users in social media. However,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-11-11 David Owen , Jose Camacho Collados , Luis Espinosa-Anke

The recent coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has become a pandemic and has affected the entire globe. During the pandemic, we have observed a spike in cases related to mental health, such as anxiety, stress, and depression. Depression…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Ashutosh Anshul , Gumpili Sai Pranav , Mohammad Zia Ur Rehman , Nagendra Kumar

Depression is a common mental health issue that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Despite the promise of social media data for depression detection, the opacity of employed deep learning models hinders interpretability and raises…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Mohammad Saeid Mahdavinejad , Peyman Adibi , Amirhassan Monadjemi , Pascal Hitzler

Depression is a prominent health challenge to the world, and early risk detection (ERD) of depression from online posts can be a promising technique for combating the threat. Early depression detection faces the challenge of efficiently…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-20 Zhiling Zhang , Siyuan Chen , Mengyue Wu , Kenny Q. Zhu

Mental disorders such as depression and suicidal ideation are hazardous, affecting more than 300 million people over the world. However, on social media, mental disorder symptoms can be observed, and automated approaches are increasingly…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Ramin Safa , S. A. Edalatpanah , Ali Sorourkhah

Text sentiment analysis for preliminary depression status estimation of users on social media is a widely exercised and feasible method, However, the immense variety of users accessing the social media websites and their ample mix of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Sudhir Kumar Suman , Hrithwik Shalu , Lakshya A Agrawal , Archit Agrawal , Juned Kadiwala

Existing studies on using social media for deriving mental health status of users focus on the depression detection task. However, for case management and referral to psychiatrists, healthcare workers require practical and scalable…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-11-13 Shweta Yadav , Jainish Chauhan , Joy Prakash Sain , Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan , Amit Sheth , Jeremiah Schumm

Stress is a nigh-universal human experience, particularly in the online world. While stress can be a motivator, too much stress is associated with many negative health outcomes, making its identification useful across a range of domains.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-11-04 Elsbeth Turcan , Kathleen McKeown

Depression is ranked as the largest contributor to global disability and is also a major reason for suicide. Still, many individuals suffering from forms of depression are not treated for various reasons. Previous studies have shown that…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Marcel Trotzek , Sven Koitka , Christoph M. Friedrich

Mental health poses a significant challenge for an individual's well-being. Text analysis of rich resources, like social media, can contribute to deeper understanding of illnesses and provide means for their early detection. We tackle a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Ivan Sekulić , Michael Strube

Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders, and a large number of depressed people commit suicide each year. Potential depression sufferers usually do not consult psychological doctors because they feel ashamed or are…

Users of social platforms often perceive these sites as supportive spaces to post about their mental health issues. Those conversations contain important traces about individuals' health risks. Recently, researchers have exploited this…

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The most common mental disorders experienced by a person in daily life are depression and anxiety. Social stigma makes people with depression and anxiety neglected by their surroundings. Therefore, they turn to social media like Twitter for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Kuncahyo Setyo Nugroho , Ismail Akbar , Affi Nizar Suksmawati , Istiadi

In this work, we provide an extensive part-of-speech analysis of the discourse of social media users with depression. Research in psychology revealed that depressed users tend to be self-focused, more preoccupied with themselves and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Ana-Maria Bucur , Ioana R. Podină , Liviu P. Dinu

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in four people will be affected by mental disorders at some point in their lives. However, in many parts of the world, patients do not actively seek professional diagnosis because of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-04-18 Xiaobo Guo , Yaojia Sun , Soroush Vosoughi

Given the current social distance restrictions across the world, most individuals now use social media as their major medium of communication. Millions of people suffering from mental diseases have been isolated due to this, and they are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Iqra Ameer , Muhammad Arif , Grigori Sidorov , Helena Gòmez-Adorno , Alexander Gelbukh

The detection of depression in social media posts is crucial due to the increasing prevalence of mental health issues. Traditional machine learning algorithms often fail to capture intricate textual patterns, limiting their effectiveness in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Marios Kerasiotis , Loukas Ilias , Dimitris Askounis

The early identification and intervention of latent depression are of significant societal importance for mental health governance. While current automated detection methods based on social media have shown progress, their decision-making…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-17 Junwei Kuang , Jiaheng Xie , Zhijun Yan

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial damage to global health. Even though three years have passed, the world continues to struggle with the virus. Concerns are growing about the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of infected…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Jiageng Wu , Xian Wu , Yining Hua , Shixu Lin , Yefeng Zheng , Jie Yang

Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Initial efforts to detect depression signals from social media posts have shown promising results. Given the high internal validity, results from such analyses are potentially…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Lucia Lushi Chen , Walid Magdy , Heather Whalley , Maria Wolters