Detecting Signs of Depression in Tweets in Spanish: Behavioral and Linguistic Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental disorders have become a major concern in public health, and they are one of the main causes of the overall disease burden worldwide. Social media platforms allow us to observe the activities, thoughts, and feelings of people's daily lives, including those of patients suffering from mental disorders. There are studies that have analyzed the influence of mental disorders, including depression, in the behavior of social media users, but they have been usually focused on messages written in English.

Objective

The study aimed to identify the linguistic features of tweets in Spanish and the behavioral patterns of Twitter users who generate them, which could suggest signs of depression.

Methods

This study was developed in 2 steps. In the first step, the sel

SUBMITTER: Leis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620890 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature