A collaborative approach to identifying social media markers of schizophrenia by employing machine learning and clinical appraisals

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Birnbaum, Michael L ^a,b,c   Ernala, Sindhu Kiranmai ^d   Rizvi, Asra F ^a,b   De Choudhury, Munmun ^d   Kane, John M ^a,b,c  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Feinstein Institute of Medical Research   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linguistic analysis; Machine learning; Online social networks; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Twitter

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; MACHINE LEARNING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MACHINE LEARNING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85029369088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7956     Document Type: Article

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