Monitoring youth depression risk in Web 2.0

VINE

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-202

  Goh, Tiong Thye ^a   Huang, Yen Pei ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Depression; Social networks; Suicide; Worldwide web; Young adults

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FALSE ALARMS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULTS; YOUNG PEOPLES;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; DATA REDUCTION; DATA WAREHOUSES; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WORLD WIDE WEB;

BLOGS;

EID: 70350352961     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03055720911003969     Document Type: Article

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