Researchers hope to use social media posts to identify population-wide spikes in depression. That approach could miss Black people, a study shows.
People with depression tend to write and speak about how bad they feel, years of research has shown. But linguistic features linked to depression seem to be“We now have over a decade of research has shown how language can be a very powerful indicator of mental health and signs of depression.
However, the new findings suggest such AI programs could miss depression in a big slice of the population. If that’s the case, De Choudhury says, “there are profound public health implications.” Consistent with earlier work, the use of first-person singular pronouns — “I,” “me” and “my” — increased alongside depression scores for the entire cohort. Conversely, use of first-person plural pronouns, or “we,” “our” and “us,” was linked to lower depression scores. And as depression scores went up, so too did words reflecting negative emotions, such as those referring to feelings of emptiness and longing, disgust, despair, lack of belonging and self-criticism.
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