World Health Organization data indicates that more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression, including many young people.
As part of efforts to confront this problem, researchers from the Scientif Research Center in Norway and the University of Oslo are implementing a research project called “Social Health Boots”, which is automated software that works through social networking sites to help young people who suffer from mental health problems. .
This research project aims to discover symptoms of depression by analyzing the posts written by young people and young people on websites.
The research team has already succeeded in identifying indicators of depression through algorithms linked to artificial intelligence techniques by examining young people’s posts on a site called “Young Dot No”.
Researcher Kim Christopher Deste, a doctor at the University of Oslo who specializes in youth mental health problems, confirms that the vocabulary and phrases used by young people with depression are surprisingly consistent with the symptoms of depression recorded in specialized scientific journals and books.
The website “Medical Express”, which specializes in medical sciences, quoted researcher Peter Bay Brandzag, a psychologist at the Sentive Institute, as saying that “the use of algorithmic equations to monitor depression opens the door wide to helping young people who need rapid intervention compared to what is happening at this time.” .
khs/ (dpa)
