Key language markers of depression on social media depend on race
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Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers found that AI models using language patterns from past studies are less predictive for depression among Black people on Facebook. The study suggests that considering intersection of race and social media can improve depression detection, and calls for more data to learn depression patterns in Black individuals. Better under...
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- Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine · Mar 26, 2024 · first to report
- Analysis of social media language using AI models predicts depression severity for white Americans, but not Black Americans NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse · Mar 26, 2024