Can social media help mental health practitioners prevent suicides?: Anecdotal evidence suggests that analyzing Facebook posts can lead to earlier intervention

Current Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Kailasam, Vasanth Kattalai ^a   Samuels, Erin ^a  

^a PGY 3 Department of Psychiatry Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Harlem Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

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3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE NOTE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923066507     PISSN: 15378276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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