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Mental Health Studies: A Review

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Mental health is a predominant issue in the United States. Conversations and research around mental health have increased in the past few years. This review examines and categorizes research that has been conducted regarding social media and its impact on mental health into three main categories: (1) Data Collection, Self-Reporting Surveys, and Reviews; (2) Data Collection with Machine Learning Applications; and (3) Modeling of Mental Health Using Survey Data and Machine Learning. Summary tables of risk factors studied, machine learning techniques, and social media sites studied or where data was gathered from are included.

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Wesley, R., Pham, H. (2023). Mental Health Studies: A Review. In: Pham, H. (eds) Applications in Reliability and Statistical Computing. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21232-1_15

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