Differentiation between depression and bipolar disorder in child and adolescents by voice features.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are serious chronic disabling mental and emotional disorders, with symptoms that often manifest atypically in children and adolescents, making diagnosis difficult without objective physiological indicators. Therefore, we aimed to objectively identify MDD and BD in children and adolescents by exploring their voiceprint features.

Methods

This study included a total of 150 participants, with 50 MDD patients, 50 BD patients, and 50 healthy controls aged between 6 and 16 years. After collecting voiceprint data, chi-square test was used to screen and extract voiceprint features specific to emotional disorders in children and adolescents. Then, selected characteristic voiceprint features were used to establish trai

SUBMITTER: Luo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826007 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature