Detecting suicide risk patterns using hierarchical attention networks with large language models

Suicide has become a major public health and social concern in the world . This Paper looks into a method through use of LLMs (Large Lan- guage Model) to extract the likely reason for a person to attempt suicide , through analysis of their social media text posts detailing about the event , using this […]

Predicting suicide risk in real-time crisis hotline chats integrating machine learning with psychological factors: Exploring the black box

Background This study addresses the suicide risk predicting challenge by exploring the predictive ability of machine learning (ML) models integrated with theory-driven psychological risk factors in real-time crisis hotline chats. More importantly, we aimed to understand the specific theory-driven factors contributing to the ML prediction of suicide risk. Method The dataset consisted of 17,654 crisis […]

Deploying a national clinical text processing infrastructure

Objectives Clinical text processing offers a promising avenue for improving multiple aspects of healthcare, though operational deployment remains a substantial challenge. This case report details the implementation of a national clinical text processing infrastructure within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Methods Two foundational use cases, cancer case management and suicide and overdose prevention, illustrate […]

A machine learning approach to identifying suicide risk among text-based crisis counseling encounters

Introduction: With the increasing utilization of text-based suicide crisis counseling, new means of identifying at risk clients must be explored. Natural language processing (NLP) holds promise for evaluating the content of crisis counseling; here we use a data-driven approach to evaluate NLP methods in identifying client suicide risk. Methods: De-identified crisis counseling data from a regional text-based […]

Mining voices from self-expressed messages on social-media: Diagnostics of mental distress during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on mankind, causing physical suffering and deaths across the globe. Even those who have not contracted the virus have experienced its far-reaching impacts, particularly on their mental health. The increased incidences of psychological problems, anxiety associated with the infection, social restrictions, economic downturn, etc., are likely to […]

Suicide risk assessments through the eyes of ChatGPT-3.5 versus Chat GPT-4: Vignette study

Background:ChatGPT, a linguistic artificial intelligence (AI) model engineered by OpenAI, offers prospective contributions to mental health professionals. Although having significant theoretical implications, ChatGPT’s practical capabilities, particularly regarding suicide prevention, have not yet been substantiated. Objective:The study’s aim was to evaluate ChatGPT’s ability to assess suicide risk, taking into consideration 2 discernable factors—perceived burdensomeness and thwarted […]

Beyond human expertise: The promise and limitations of ChatGPT in suicide risk assessment

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model developed by OpenAI, holds the potential for contributing to the field of mental health. Nevertheless, although ChatGPT theoretically shows promise, its clinical abilities in suicide prevention, a significant mental health concern, have yet to be demonstrated. To address this knowledge gap, this study aims to compare ChatGPT’s assessments of […]

Public surveillance of social media for suicide using advanced deep learning models in Japan: Time series study from 2012 to 2022

Background: Social media platforms have been increasingly used to express suicidal thoughts, feelings, and acts, raising public concerns over time. A large body of literature has explored the suicide risks identified by people’s expressions on social media. However, there is not enough evidence to conclude that social media provides public surveillance for suicide without aligning suicide […]

Public surveillance of social media for suicide using advanced deep learning models in Japan: Time series study from 2012 to 2022

Background: Social media platforms have been increasingly used to express suicidal thoughts, feelings, and acts, raising public concerns over time. A large body of literature has explored the suicide risks identified by people’s expressions on social media. However, there is not enough evidence to conclude that social media provides public surveillance for suicide without aligning […]

Deep learning techniques for suicide and depression detection from online social media: A scoping review

Psychological health, i.e., citizens’ emotional and mental well-being, is one of the most neglected public health issues. Depression is the most common mental health issue and the leading cause of suicide and self-injurious behavior. Clinical diagnosis of these mental health issues is expensive and also ignored due to social stigma and lack of awareness. Nowadays, online social […]

An investigation of suicidal ideation from social media using machine learning approach

Despite improvements in the detection and treatment of severe mental disorders, suicide remains a significant public health concern. Suicide prevention and control initiatives can benefit greatly from a thorough comprehension and foreseeability of suicide patterns. Understanding suicide patterns, especially through social media data analysis, can help in suicide prevention and control efforts. The objective of […]

Self-adapted utterance selection for suicidal ideation detection in Lifeline conversations (IN Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL 2023, edited by A. Vlachos & I. Augenstein)

This paper investigates a crucial aspect of mental health by exploring the detection of suicidal ideation in spoken phone conversations between callers and counselors at a suicide prevention hotline.These conversations can be lengthy, noisy, and cover a broad range of topics, making it challenging for NLP models to accurately identify the caller’s suicidal ideation. To […]

Combining psychological theory with language models for suicide risk detection (IN Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL 2023, edited by A. Vlachos & I. Augenstein)

With the increased awareness of situations of mental crisis and their societal impact, online services providing emergency support are becoming commonplace in many countries. Computational models, trained on discussions between help-seekers and providers, can support suicide prevention by identifying at-risk individuals. However, the lack of domain-specific models, especially in low-resource languages, poses a significant challenge […]

Public surveillance of social media for suicide using advanced deep learning models in Japan: Time series study from 2012 to 2022

Background: Social media platforms have been increasingly used to express suicidal thoughts, feelings, and acts, raising public concerns over time. A large body of literature has explored the suicide risks identified by people’s expressions on social media. However, there is not enough evidence to conclude that social media provides public surveillance for suicide without aligning […]

Detecting suicidality on social media: Machine learning at rescue

The rise in technological advancements and Social Networking Sites (SNS) made people more engaged in their virtual lives. Research has revealed that people feel more comfortable posting their feelings, including suicidal thoughts, on SNS than discussing them through face-to-face settings due to the social stigma associated with mental health. This research study aims to develop a multi-class machine […]

Associations between natural language processing-enriched social determinants of health and suicide death among US veterans

Importance  Social determinants of health (SDOHs) are known to be associated with increased risk of suicidal behaviors, but few studies use SDOHs from unstructured electronic health record notes. Objective  To investigate associations between veterans’ death by suicide and recent SDOHs, identified using structured and unstructured data. Design, Setting, and Participants  This nested case-control study included veterans who received […]

Application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in detecting and preventing suicide ideation: A systematic review

(1) Introduction: Around a million people are reported to die by suicide every year, and due to the stigma associated with the nature of the death, this figure is usually assumed to be an underestimate. Machine learning and artificial intelligence such as natural language processing has the potential to become a major technique for the […]

User feedback on the use of a natural language processing application to screen for suicide risk in the emergency department

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the USA and globally. Despite decades of research, the ability to predict who will die by suicide is still no better than 50%. Traditional screening instruments have helped identify risk factors for suicide, but they have not provided accurate predictive power for reducing death rates. Over […]

Suicide possibility scale detection via Sina Weibo analytics: Preliminary results

Suicide, as an increasingly prominent social problem, has attracted widespread social attention in the mental health field. Traditional suicide clinical assessment and risk questionnaires lack timeliness and proactivity, and high-risk groups often conceal their intentions, which is not conducive to early suicide prevention. In this study, we used machine-learning algorithms to extract text features from […]

Detection of suicide risk using vocal characteristics: Systematic review

Background: In an age when telehealth services are increasingly being used for forward triage, there is a need for accurate suicide risk detection. Vocal characteristics analyzed using artificial intelligence are now proving capable of detecting suicide risk with accuracies superior to traditional survey-based approaches, suggesting an efficient and economical approach to ensuring ongoing patient safety. […]

Associations between natural language processing (NLP) enriched social determinants of health and suicide death among US veterans

Importance: Social determinants of health (SDOH) are known to be associated with increased risk of suicidal behaviors, but few studies utilized SDOH from unstructured electronic health record (EHR) notes. Objective: To investigate associations between suicide and recent SDOH, identified using structured and unstructured data. Design: Nested case-control study. Setting: EHR data from the US Veterans […]

Detecting suicidal text using natural language processing

Using Natural Language Processing (NLP), we are able to analyze text from suicidal individuals. This can be done using a variety of methods. I analyzed a dataset of a girl named Victoria who died by suicide. I used a machine learning method to train using a different dataset and tested it on her diary entries  […]

Leveraging contextual relatedness to identify suicide documentation in clinical notes through zero shot learning