Forecasting the onset and course of mental illness with Twitter data

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Reece, Andrew G ^a   Reagan, Andrew J ^b   Lix, Katharina L M ^c   Dodds, Peter Sheridan ^b   Danforth, Christopher M ^b   Langer, Ellen J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85031096795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12961-9     Document Type: Article

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