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We introduce initial groundwork for estimating suicide risk and mental health in a deep learning framework. By modeling multiple conditions, the system learns to make predictions about suicide risk and mental health at a low false positive…

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The promising research on Artificial Intelligence usages in suicide prevention has principal gaps, including black box methodologies, inadequate outcome measures, and scarce research on non-verbal inputs, such as social media images…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Yael Badian , Yaakov Ophir , Refael Tikochinski , Nitay Calderon , Anat Brunstein Klomek , Roi Reichart

Depression has affected millions of people worldwide and has become one of the most common mental disorders. Early mental disorder detection can reduce costs for public health agencies and prevent other major comorbidities. Additionally,…

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Mental health disorders are a global crisis. While various datasets exist for detecting such disorders, there remains a critical gap in identifying individuals actively seeking help. This paper introduces a novel dataset, M-Help,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-22 MSVPJ Sathvik , Zuhair Hasan Shaik , Vivek Gupta

We introduce findings and methods to facilitate evidence-based discussion about how large language models (LLMs) should behave in response to user signals of risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB). People are already using LLMs as…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Nick Judd , Alexandre Vaz , Kevin Paeth , Layla Inés Davis , Milena Esherick , Jason Brand , Inês Amaro , Tony Rousmaniere

Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have facilitated the spread of misinformation, necessitating automated detection systems. This systematic review evaluates 36 studies that apply machine learning (ML) and deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Yunchong Liu , Xiaorui Shen , Yeyubei Zhang , Zhongyan Wang , Yexin Tian , Jianglai Dai , Yuchen Cao

Language models have the potential to assess mental health using social media data. By analyzing online posts and conversations, these models can detect patterns indicating mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, or suicidal…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Kaushik Roy , Yuxin Zi , Manas Gaur , Jinendra Malekar , Qi Zhang , Vignesh Narayanan , Amit Sheth

The success of social media platforms has facilitated the emergence of various forms of online abuse within digital communities. This abuse manifests in multiple ways, including hate speech, cyberbullying, emotional abuse, grooming, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Jose A. Diaz-Garcia , Joao Paulo Carvalho

The increasing global prevalence of mental disorders, such as depression and PTSD, requires objective and scalable diagnostic tools. Traditional clinical assessments often face limitations in accessibility, objectivity, and consistency.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-03 Abdelrahaman A. Hassan , Abdelrahman A. Ali , Aya E. Fouda , Radwa J. Hanafy , Mohammed E. Fouda

In the field of crisis/disaster informatics, social media is increasingly being used for improving situational awareness to inform response and relief efforts. Efficient and accurate text classification tools have been a focal area of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Kai Yin , Bo Li , Chengkai Liu , Ali Mostafavi , Xia Hu

Early detection of depression from online social media posts holds promise for providing timely mental health interventions. In this work, we present a high-quality, expert-annotated dataset of 1,017 social media posts labeled with…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Prajval Bolegave , Pushpak Bhattacharya

Suicidal ideation detection is a vital research area that holds great potential for improving mental health support systems. However, the sensitivity surrounding suicide-related data poses challenges in accessing large-scale, annotated…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Hamideh Ghanadian , Isar Nejadgholi , Hussein Al Osman

Social media discourse involves people from different backgrounds, beliefs, and motives. Thus, often such discourse can devolve into toxic interactions. Generative Models, such as Llama and ChatGPT, have recently exploded in popularity due…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Anique Tahir , Lu Cheng , Manuel Sandoval , Yasin N. Silva , Deborah L. Hall , Huan Liu

Suicide is recognized as one of the most serious concerns in the modern society. Suicide causes tragedy that affects countries, communities, and families. There are many factors that lead to suicidal ideations. Early detection of suicidal…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-03 Nelly Elsayed , Zag ElSayed , Murat Ozer

Predicting mental health from smartphone and social media data on a longitudinal basis has recently attracted great interest, with very promising results being reported across many studies. Such approaches have the potential to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Adam Tsakalidis , Maria Liakata , Theo Damoulas , Alexandra I. Cristea

Drug overdose remains a critical global health issue, often driven by misuse of opioids, painkillers, and psychiatric medications. Traditional research methods face limitations, whereas social media offers real-time insights into…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Muhammad Ahmad , Fida Ullah , Muhammad Usman , Umyh Habiba , ldar Batyrshin , Grigori Sidorov

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly utilized for mental health support; however, current safety benchmarks often fail to detect the complex, longitudinal risks inherent in therapeutic dialogue. We introduce an evaluation framework…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Ian Steenstra , Paola Pedrelli , Weiyan Shi , Stacy Marsella , Timothy W. Bickmore

Suicide is an important but often misunderstood problem, one that researchers are now seeking to better understand through social media. Due in large part to the fuzzy nature of what constitutes suicidal risks, most supervised approaches…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-02-01 Tong Liu , Qijin Cheng , Christopher M. Homan , Vincent M. B. Silenzio

Background: Mental stress and its consequent mental disorders (MDs) are significant public health issues. With the advent of machine learning (ML), there's potential to harness computational techniques for better understanding and…

Worldwide, suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents with past suicide attempts to be an important predictor for increased future suicides. While some people with suicidal thoughts may try to suppress them, many signal…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Mohaiminul Islam Bhuiyan , Nur Shazwani Kamarudin , Nur Hafieza Ismail