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- research-articleOctober 2024
Improving Text-Based Depression Analysis Through Hybrid Deep Learning Architectures: A Methodological Framework
AbstractThis study presents a learning method for analyzing depression through text using a mix of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and Transformer frameworks to pinpoint subtle linguistic cues linked to depression. While natural language processing (NLP) ...
- research-articleSeptember 2024
A Serious Game for Promoting Knowledge about Suicidal Thoughts for Students at Higher Education
- Thomas Bjørner,
- Sofie Daniel Andersen,
- Emilie Sommer,
- Kristine Fogh Andersen,
- Marius Frederik Qvarnstrøm,
- Mie Møller Enevoldsen,
- Nicolai Lennart Larsson,
- Stacia Suwan Sørensen
GoodIT '24: Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Information Technology for Social GoodPages 342–349https://doi.org/10.1145/3677525.3678680The number of university students with suicidal thoughts is alarmingly high, and there is a general taboo about suicidal thoughts. This study aimed to investigate whether a serious game could promote engagement and increase knowledge about suicidal ...
- rapid-communicationSeptember 2024
Evaluating accuracy and fairness of clinical decision support algorithms when health care resources are limited
Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JOBI), Volume 156, Issue Chttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104664Graphical abstractDisplay Omitted
Abstract ObjectiveGuidance on how to evaluate accuracy and algorithmic fairness across subgroups is missing for clinical models that flag patients for an intervention but when health care resources to administer that intervention are limited. We aimed to ...
- research-articleMay 2024
"I'm gonna KMS": From Imminent Risk to Youth Joking about Suicide and Self-Harm via Social Media
- Naima Samreen Ali,
- Sarvech Qadir,
- Ashwaq Alsoubai,
- Munmun De Choudhury,
- Afsaneh Razi,
- Pamela J. Wisniewski
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsArticle No.: 999, Pages 1–18https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642489Recent increases in self-harm and suicide rates among youth have coincided with prevalent social media use; therefore, making these sensitive topics of critical importance to the HCI research community. We analyzed 1,224 direct message conversations (...
- research-articleMarch 2024
A BERT-encoded ensembled CNN model for suicide risk identification in social media posts
Neural Computing and Applications (NCAA), Volume 36, Issue 18Pages 10955–10970https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-024-09642-wAbstractSuicide is a significant public health issue that devastates individuals and society. Early warning systems are crucial in preventing suicide. The purpose of this research is to create a deep learning model to identify suicide risk using a ...
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- research-articleApril 2024
XAI Transformer based Approach for Interpreting Depressed and Suicidal User Behavior on Online Social Networks
AbstractOnline social networks can be used for mental healthcare monitoring using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques for detecting various mental health disorders and corresponding risk assessment. Recent research in this domain has ...
- research-articleJune 2024
Development of a 3-Step theory of suicide ontology to facilitate 3ST factor extraction from clinical progress notes
- Esther L. Meerwijk,
- Gabrielle A. Jones,
- Asqar S. Shotqara,
- Sofia Reyes,
- Suzanne R. Tamang,
- Hyrum S. Eddington,
- Ruth M. Reeves,
- Andrea K. Finlay,
- Alex H.S. Harris
Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JOBI), Volume 150, Issue Chttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104582Graphical abstractDisplay Omitted
Abstract ObjectiveSuicide risk prediction algorithms at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) do not include predictors based on the 3-Step Theory of suicide (3ST), which builds on hopelessness, psychological pain, connectedness, and capacity for ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Suicidal Thought Detection using Max Voting Ensemble Technique
Procedia Computer Science (PROCS), Volume 235, Issue CPages 2587–2598https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.04.244AbstractOnline social networking (SN) data presents a data stream that is rich in context and temporal information. It holds promise for predicting suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The fusion of SN data with machine learning algorithms offers a potential ...
- research-articleApril 2024
Depression detection for twitter users using sentiment analysis in English and Arabic tweets
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIIM), Volume 147, Issue Chttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2023.102716AbstractSince depression often results in suicidal thoughts and leaves a person severely disabled daily, there is an elevated risk of premature mortality due to mental problems caused by depression. Therefore, it's crucial to identify the patient's ...
Highlights- More than two-thirds of suicides each year are caused by depression, which is the most common mental illness.
- Social media posts can be a useful tool for tracking a variety of mental health conditions, including depression.
- The ...
- research-articleMarch 2023
An attention-based hybrid architecture with explainability for depressive social media text detection in Bangla
- Tapotosh Ghosh,
- Md. Hasan Al Banna,
- Md. Jaber Al Nahian,
- Mohammed Nasir Uddin,
- M. Shamim Kaiser,
- Mufti Mahmud
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal (EXWA), Volume 213, Issue PChttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.119007AbstractMental health has become a major concern in recent years. Social media have been increasingly used as platforms to gain insight into a person’s mental health condition by analysing the posts and comments, which are textual in nature. ...
Highlights- The proposed method detects depression from Bangla social media texts.
- The ...
- research-articleFebruary 2023
I just want to matter: Examining the role of anti-mattering in online suicide support communities using natural language processing
- Nicholas Deas,
- Robin Kowalski,
- Sophie Finnell,
- Emily Radovic,
- Hailey Carroll,
- Chelsea Robbins,
- Andrew Cook,
- Kenzie Hurley,
- Natalie Cote,
- Kelly Evans,
- Isabella Lorenzo,
- Kelly Kiser,
- Gabriela Mochizuki,
- Meredith Mock,
- Lyndsey Brewer
AbstractAnnually, tens of thousands of lives are affected by suicide, including those who die by suicide, attempt non-fatal suicidal behaviors, and suffer from suicidal thoughts and ideation as well as friends and family affected by the loss ...
Highlights- People who feel that they don't matter seek out help in online communities.
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- research-articleJanuary 2023
An Apriori Algorithm-Based Association Rule Analysis to detect Human Suicidal Behaviour
Procedia Computer Science (PROCS), Volume 219, Issue CPages 1279–1288https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2023.01.412AbstractSuicide is a major cause of death. It is also a complex public health issue and often preventable with timely intervention. Overall, the rate of suicide is increasing for various reasons. In our study, we use an association rule analysis to find ...
- research-articleDecember 2022
A Hybrid Deep Learning Model Using Grid Search and Cross-Validation for Effective Classification and Prediction of Suicidal Ideation from Social Network Data
New Generation Computing (NEWG), Volume 40, Issue 4Pages 889–914https://doi.org/10.1007/s00354-022-00191-1AbstractSuicide deaths due to depression and mental stress are growing rapidly at an alarming rate. People freely express their feelings and emotions on social network sites while they feel hesitant to express such feelings during face-to-face ...
- review-articleNovember 2022
Deep learning techniques for suicide and depression detection from online social media: A scoping review
AbstractPsychological health, i.e., citizens’ emotional and mental well-being, is one of the most neglected public health issues. Depression is the most common mental health issue and the leading cause of suicide and self-injurious behavior. ...
Highlights- It is imperative to develop real-time, scalable, and inexpensive mental health assessment & surveillance systems for detection of mental health disorders.
- ArticleOctober 2022
The Construction and Validation of an Automatic Crisis Balance Analysis Model
AbstractBackground: With the development of Internet, many people with suicide risk tend to express their thoughts on social media platforms. AI-based model can early identify social media users with suicide risk and analyze their cognitive and ...
- research-articleMarch 2022
Nowhere else to go: Help seeking online and maladaptive decisional styles
AbstractMany high-risk individuals do not use mental health services. This is a concern for mental health and suicide prevention efforts, and requires an examination of the role of decision-making style upon willingness to seek help. To consider whether ...
Highlights- An online survey looked at risk, decisional styles, and willingness to seek help.
- A preference for online assistance was associated with hypervigilance.
- A reluctance to seek offline help was documented from online activity.
- articleFebruary 2022
Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech
International Journal of Technoethics (IJT-IGI), Volume 13, Issue 1Pages 1–17https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.291552The Internet's design and raison d'être are complete freedom, but complete freedom might lead to anarchy and to harmful and anti-social activities. In this paper I address the concepts of moral and social responsibility, applying them to the Internet ...
- research-articleJanuary 2022
How can machine learning identify suicidal ideation from user's texts? Towards the explanation of the Boamente system
Procedia Computer Science (PROCS), Volume 206, Issue CPages 141–150https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.09.093AbstractSuicidal Ideation (SI) is characterized by a desire to die and, in many cases, even planning a suicide with writing notes or farewell letters. As a digital phenotyping-based application, the Boamente tool remotely detects patterns that indicate SI ...
- research-articleDecember 2021
A Promising Form of Suicide Intervention Model: Distant Supervision in Social Media The application of artificial intelligence in suicide intervention
ISAIMS '21: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Medicine SciencesPages 48–52https://doi.org/10.1145/3500931.3500941Suicide is a growing public health concern. The method currently assessing suicide risk is very subjective, which may limit the efficacy and accuracy of forecasting efforts. It has been suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) has potential ...
- ArticleOctober 2021
Research on Suicide Identification Method Based on Microblog “Tree Hole” Crowd
AbstractSuicide has always been a key issue of social and health organizations and research of scholars. In recent years, with the increasing popularity of Internet and social media, more and more people record their lives and feelings in social media, ...