Researchers from Kent State University's Center for Public Policy and Health, Department of Computer Science, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology published their research in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study, titled "Investigating COVID-19’s Impact on Mental Health: Trend and Thematic Analysis of Reddit Users’ Discourse," looks at understanding the evolving emotions and themes associated with the impact of COVID-19 on mental health support groups (eg, r/Depression and r/Anxiety) on Reddit (Reddit Inc) during the initial phase and after the peak of the pandemic using natural language processing techniques and statistical methods.
Read the full article here: https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e46867/
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