Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Can Facebook Posts Reveal Who Will Develop Depression?

A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Stony Brook University recently developed a new algorithm which was able to identify which Facebook users would be diagnosed with depression.

For the study, the researchers analyzed social media data shared by consenting users for several months. Based on this data, the researchers developed an algorithm which could accurately predict future depression.

Indicators of depression included mentions of hostility and loneliness, words...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/10/17/can-facebook-posts-reveal-who-will-develop-depression/139557.html

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