How AI can track the pandemic’s impact on mental health

• Algorithms are being used to monitor the language of those talking about mental health on popular forum, Reddit.
• The study identified changes in the tone and content of language used during the COVID-19 pandemic, from January to April of 2020.
• They found that clusters relating to suicide and loneliness have more than doubled when compared to the same time last year.

Dealing with a global pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of millions of people. A team of MIT and Harvard University researchers has shown that they can measure those effects by analyzing the language that people use to express their anxiety online.

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