Global Research on Pandemics or Epidemics and Mental Health: A Natural Language Processing Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global research on pandemics or epidemics and mental health has been growing exponentially recently, which cannot be integrated through traditional systematic review. Our study aims to systematically synthesize the evidence using natural language processing (NLP) techniques.

Methods

Multiple databases were searched using titles, abstracts, and keywords. We systematically identified relevant literature published prior to Dec 31, 2023, using NLP techniques such as text classification, topic modelling and geoparsing methods. Relevant articles were categorized by content, date, and geographic location, outputting evidence heat maps, geographical maps, and narrative synthesis of trends in related publications.

Results

Our NLP analysis identified 77,915 studi

SUBMITTER: Ye X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11442711 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature