Mental health discourse on reddit: Self-disclosure, social support, and anonymity

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 71-80

  Choudhury, Munmun De ^a   De, Sushovan ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DISEASES; HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; LANGUAGE MODEL; MENTAL ILLNESS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODELING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84909975266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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